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mididoctors on June 28, 2007 - 9:45am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

It's going to be very interesting to see what sort of line they take. Gordon Brown's last effort on oil prices was "I'm on the phone to OPEC"... this get to grips stuff is a bit more weighty.

My take is NO. 10. and 11. haven't demonstrated any understanding of the issue for the last decade.

Kudos to powerswitch.. well done

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Chris Vernon on June 28, 2007 - 9:59am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

My take is NO. 10. and 11. haven't demonstrated any understanding of the issue for the last decade.

David Strahan writes in his book “The Last Oil Shock” and this week in the Guardian newspaper that the Bush/Blair Iraq invasion was a response to the looming world oil shortage. Maybe this doesn’t demonstrate understanding but it does demonstrate awareness.

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mididoctors on June 28, 2007 - 12:23pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Was it them? Iraq and US hubris seem to be irrevocably connected to oil tankers and the persian gulf... but did the white house and NO 10 really have a clue or were they being steered?

I think the white house or at least the apparatus of the US admin did have awareness but NO 10?

still water under the bridge now. The issue is avoiding some sort of blame game in regards to "where have all the oil exports gone?".

It is a strange world of contradictions. I do not read Blair or Brown as being "aware" despite actually agreeing with the thrust of Strahan's piece.

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