It's hardly the first of the warnings mon ami, it was pointed out by the more sensible commentators back in 2008 that Labour's lunatic Climate Change Act, which set us on the road to Net Zero, would inevitably lead to winter power cuts at some point in the future, it was only ever a matter of when, not if. And that was 15 years ago.

I've made the same point time again on this forum ever since, Counciilor Jim, our erstwhile Lib Dem friend, even complained about me calling him an eco-loon, when I pointed out where his lunacy was leading us. I have to hold my hand up though, I lost, the eco loons won, and here we are today, facing a long cold winter, with no guaranteed leccy or gas. I am not a vindictive person, but I do hope when the lights go out, they go out in Morecambe first of all.