Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, sat nodding and smiling beside her Leader, while perhaps contemplating how she could have given the PM a harder time.
Geopolitical risks create uncertainty in energy markets as reliability is questioned, pushing up prices and creating resistance to climate change goals.
Schröder and Merkel long insisted Putin was a trustworthy partner, but Germany under Scholz has now been forced to take the side of freedom.
We need to think a little less about the targets, and much more about what people can afford.
We must extract more domestic gas, stop importing more untaxed electricity – and turbo-charge new nuclear power.
With traditional cluelessness, Westminster devolved planning policy without a carve-out for vital national infrastructure projects.
When the Chancellor has to sub you two hundred quid to keep the lights, some fresh ideas are needed.
It’s one of the largest sources of clean energy used today and will continue to play a critical role in providing affordable electricity.
Thanks to the massive advances in new energy technology, we can shield ourselves against Russia’s aggressive use of gas.
For the sake of our bills as well as our security interests, we need to double down on homegrown green energy instead.
Ministers have no sufficient answers to the question: ‘how do we keep the lights on?’
Backing traditional industries is very far from the electoral liability that strategists fear.
We can still be another Israel or South Korea, if we decide a strategy and stick to it.
Trying to price a technology transition ahead of it happening is a fool’s errand. History is littered with examples where the ‘experts’ were proved wrong.
The Russian invasion in Ukraine is not a reason to give up on it. Rather, it is a reason to redouble efforts to get there as quickly as possible.