Energy companies going bust is just poor management. They were entirely capable of covering their risk by buying gas futures. They didn't - either incompetent or greedy - take your pick.
Bojo, for all the bu115hit cannot tell the US (or any other large economy) what to do. If the US don't want a trade deal that's their call. That some companies have truly struggled over the last 18 months is no surprise - real question is whether they will "build back better".
Brexit he should take responsibility for - and the shortage of HGV drivers is in large part a problem of his creation. He cannot really be held responsible for the existence of covid, merely the response to it.
The only interesting point is CO2. How many other fairly obscure issues which fundamentally underpin normality in the UK are so vulnerable to supply problems. Easy to be wise after the event - far more difficult to anticipate.
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