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Monday, 10 May 2021

Why the Tory plan to switch to FPTP for Mayoral elections won't do them much good

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 Priti Patel's plan to use First past the post (FPTP) rather than supplementary vote probably won't give them much, if any advantage...
Saturday, 13 February 2021

Book launch event for ‘Nuclear Power in Stagnation - A cultural approach to failed expansion’ published by Routledge, March 2021

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The event is by zoom, noon – 12.55, Wednesday March 31st - if you register to attend this FREE event you will later be sent the zoom code fo...
Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Invitation to tender to do a model/scenario for 100 per cent renewable energy in the UK

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Attention energy academics and consultants! Invitation to tender to do a model/scenario for 100 per cent renewable energy in the UK . ...
Thursday, 28 January 2021

Why 100 per cent renewable energy is better to balance solar and wind power compared to using nuclear power

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  Video: Why nuclear power is a bad way to balance renewable energy. Toke, Fairlie and Eppel from 100percentrenewableuk discuss how a 100pe...
Sunday, 24 January 2021

Why Boris Johnson cannot say 'no' to a second Scottish independence referendum

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In the face of polls showing increasing desires in Scotland for an indyref 2 Westminster is busy trying to sound as stern and pompous as the...
Monday, 11 January 2021

Could there be a fascist takeover of the US in 2025?

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 It is now possible to conceive a plausible scenario where there could be a civil conflict followed by fascist takeover in 2025 following th...
Thursday, 7 January 2021

Yes, the USA is heading towards autocracy

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Until very recently comparing contemporary events in the West with the 1920s was little more than a joke that one could make but gradually b...
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Dr David Toke is Reader in Energy Politics in the Department of Politics and International Relations in the University of Aberdeen. You can see his profile at https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/david.toke?count=10 He has been campaigning on energy issues for about 35 years, and in 1990 his book ‘Green Energy’ was an influential argument in the UK for a non-nuclear approach to dealing with global warming. He was a key player in the campaign to establish feed-in tariffs for small renewable projects in the UK, achieved in 2008. He has consistently argued that the UK's proposed nuclear power programme is not only uneconomic compared to renewable energy, but that it is undeliverable short of one or more governments signing what amounts to a 'blank cheque' to pay for the nuclear power plant. His latest book, published by Routledge is called 'Low Carbon Politics'. He has published many papers in leading political science journals on environmental, especially energy (and renewable energy) issues and he is also a frequent and well cited contributor to the journal 'Energy Policy' published by Elsevier. His twitter address is @DaveToke
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