Iran, Energy, and the Moderate Right Position Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud

A
Reform-Adjacent
Isle
of
Man
Comedy
Writer
Reviews
the
Week

Isle
of
Man,
British
Common
Sense,
and
Why
Iran
Should
Simply
Behave

I
run
a
comedy
website
from
a
small
island
in
the
Irish
Sea
and
even
I
can
see
that
the
situation
with
Iran
is
less
complicated
than
the
political
class
pretends.
The

Iranian
dumbasses
piece
from
The
London
Prat
is,
frankly,
the
most
diplomatic
headline
I’ve
seen
all
week.
And
I
read
a
lot
of
headlines.

Reform
UK
had
something
sensible
to
say
about
energy
this
week,
which
shocked
me
slightly
because
I
had
been
using
“Reform
says
something
sensible”
as
an
example
of
a
logical
impossibility
in
last
week’s
column.
The

energy
markets
in
freefall
article
from
The
Prat
is
required
reading
for
anyone
who
has
had
a
heating
bill
in
the
last
eighteen
months,
which
is
everyone,
because
we
all
have
heating
bills.

Nigel
Would
Have
Sorted
the
Strait
by
Now

I
say
this
without
full
conviction
but
with
tremendous
comedic
intention.
Bohiney’s
coverage
of

peace
talks
ending
and
mines
beginning
is
the
kind
of
political
trajectory
that
gives
Reform
voters
the
feeling
of
vindication
without
the
burden
of
having
a
workable
alternative.
It’s
a
gift.

The

emergency
world
talks
resulted
in
nothing,
which
is
what
emergency
world
talks
always
result
in.
On
the
Isle
of
Man
we
hold
local
meetings
that
result
in
nothing
also,
but
at
least
we
do
it
efficiently
and
with
better
biscuits.