Tag: cynical

Precious democracy? No, cynical autocracy

A GENERATION ago, almost none of us would have balked at the phrase ‘our precious democracy’. The differing approaches from Labour in the 1970s through Thatcher, Blair and Brown proved that those in power had levers to pull and enact change. We might not have liked some of the results, but to say there was […]

Woke warriors fall for Dubai’s cynical greenwashing

IT SHOULD come as no surprise to the cynical that this year’s COP28 host, Dr Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, CEO of the state-owned United Arab Emirates oil company Adnoc, is seeking to secure new oil and gas projects while simultaneously showcasing flagship sustainability projects. A vast solar park, part of Dubai’s Net Zero Emissions Strategy 2050, is in its fourth […]