Captain: Shut up, Get some red tape and Bureaucrazy and there'll be no storm.

Just to show nowt has changed in political life, a couple of verses from WS Gilbert's HMS Pinafore, Sir Joseph Porter KCB describing his ascent to high office.

Verse 4: Of legal knowledge I acquired such a grip they took me ito the partnerSHIP, and that junior partnerSHIP i ween was the only SHIP i ever had seen, but that kind of SHIP so suited me that now i am the ruler of the queen's navee

Verse 5: I grew so rich that I was sent to a pocket borough into parliament. I always voted at my party's call and never thought of thinking for my self at all. I thought so little they rewarded me by making me the ruler of the queen's navee

Verse 6: Now, landsmen all, who ever you may be, if you want to rise to the top of the tree, if your soul isn't fettered to an office stool be carefull to be guided by this golden rule
Stick close to your desks and never go to sea and you all may be rulers of the queen's navee

Perhaps similar words can apply to our energy ministers of today!