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Nation That Invented the Industrial Revolution Now Pays £50 Million a Day to Keep Lights On, Then Calls France for Help Because Apparently Napoleon Won After All

Roper Penberthy

Britain once powered the factories of the world. Today, its greatest industrial achievement is asking Paris whether it has a spare electricity socket. LONDON, 17 October 2026 – Britain, the country that helped launch the Industrial Revolution, has achieved another historic milestone by seeking emergency electricity assistance from France while spending nearly £50 million in a single day stabilising its domestic power system. From Industrial Revolution to Importing Electricity Historians…

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Celtexit Planned for Britain

Morag Sinclair

Celtexit: Britain Planned Its Breakup Before Anyone Even Voted The constitutional panic is magnificent: Reform has not won the next election, yet several politicians are already measuring Britain for four separate removal vans. Officials have not agreed on a single policy for the imaginary government they are furious about, but they have already agreed on a name for the imaginary divorce: Celtexit. It is Brexit’s damper, sadder cousin, conceived not in…

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Celtexit Theatened by UK Marxists

Morag Sinclair

Celtexit: Democracy Is Sacred Until It Produces a Government That Actually Works The constitutional panic is magnificent: Reform has not won the next election, yet several politicians are already measuring Britain for four separate removal vans. Marxists Threaten to Dissolve United Kingdom Unless Failed Policies Receive Another 100 Years to Begin Working — Welcome to Celtexit Celtic progressives announce they will take their ball, their bureaucracy and several billion pounds…

Governance Political

Tony Blair Announces Leadership Doesn’t Matter

Emily Cartwright

Tony Blair Announces Leadership Doesn’t Matter, Promptly Becomes Main Character Of Leadership Debate Former Prime Minister Explains Personality Is Irrelevant Using His Own Personality As Evidence LONDON — Britain entered its traditional summer season of political panic this week after former Prime Minister Tony Blair announced that Labour’s problems were not really about leadership, personality, or communication. The nation responded by spending several days arguing exclusively about leadership, personality, and…