{"id":38,"date":"2022-03-13T18:17:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/?p=38"},"modified":"2022-03-25T18:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T18:07:32","slug":"its-not-all-putins-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/2022\/03\/13\/its-not-all-putins-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"It's not all Putin's fault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"632\" src=\"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Direct_Line_with_Vladimir_Putin_2021-06-30_11-1024x632.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Direct_Line_with_Vladimir_Putin_2021-06-30_11-1024x632.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Direct_Line_with_Vladimir_Putin_2021-06-30_11-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Direct_Line_with_Vladimir_Putin_2021-06-30_11-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Direct_Line_with_Vladimir_Putin_2021-06-30_11-1536x948.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Direct_Line_with_Vladimir_Putin_2021-06-30_11.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Craig, along with his right-wing Tory colleagues, are keen to put all the blame for the cost-of-living crisis on the brutal Russian president<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Craig Mackinlay: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"<em>We must frack for gas, we must dash to new nuclear and if that means a sensible re-appraisal of the path to Net Zero with an arbitrary date of 2050, then so be it. Blame Vladimir Putin<\/em>.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s nothing arbitrary about the 2050 date; scientists assure us that if we have not reached zero emissions by then man\u2019s survival is in question. Any ongoing exploitation of fossil fuels bring this date closer. This isn\u2019t Putin\u2019s fault \u2013 it is the fault of the government of which Craig is a member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have failed to invest heavily into green energies, have cancelled plans to insulate homes and ensure high insulation standards for new-builds, and have continued to subsidise fossil fuels at colossal levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"veu_socialSet veu_socialSet-position-after veu_contentAddSection\"><script>window.twttr=(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],t=window.twttr||{};if(d.getElementById(id))return t;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);t._e=[];t.ready=function(f){t._e.push(f);};return t;}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"));<\/script><ul><li class=\"sb_facebook sb_icon\"><a class=\"sb_icon_inner\" href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?src=bm&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcraigmackinlaywatch.org.uk%2Fwp%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2Fits-not-all-putins-fault%2F&amp;t=Craig%20Mackinlay%20Watch\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'FBwindow','width=650,height=450,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes');return false;\"><span class=\"vk_icon_w_r_sns_fb icon_sns\"><\/span><span class=\"sns_txt\">Facebook<\/span><span class=\"veu_count_sns_fb\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"sb_x_twitter sb_icon\"><a class=\"sb_icon_inner\" href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcraigmackinlaywatch.org.uk%2Fwp%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2Fits-not-all-putins-fault%2F&amp;text=Craig%20Mackinlay%20Watch\" target=\"_blank\" ><span class=\"vk_icon_w_r_sns_x_twitter icon_sns\"><\/span><span class=\"sns_txt\">X<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"sb_hatena sb_icon\"><a class=\"sb_icon_inner\" href=\"\/\/b.hatena.ne.jp\/add?mode=confirm&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcraigmackinlaywatch.org.uk%2Fwp%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2Fits-not-all-putins-fault%2F&amp;title=Craig%20Mackinlay%20Watch\" target=\"_blank\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'Hatenawindow','width=650,height=450,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes');return false;\"><span class=\"vk_icon_w_r_sns_hatena icon_sns\"><\/span><span class=\"sns_txt\">Hatena<\/span><span class=\"veu_count_sns_hb\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"sb_pocket sb_icon\"><a class=\"sb_icon_inner\"  href=\"\/\/getpocket.com\/edit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcraigmackinlaywatch.org.uk%2Fwp%2F2022%2F03%2F13%2Fits-not-all-putins-fault%2F&title=Craig%20Mackinlay%20Watch\" target=\"_blank\"  onclick=\"window.open(this.href,'Pokcetwindow','width=650,height=450,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes');return false;\"><span class=\"vk_icon_w_r_sns_pocket icon_sns\"><\/span><span class=\"sns_txt\">Pocket<\/span><span class=\"veu_count_sns_pocket\"><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"sb_copy sb_icon\"><button class=\"copy-button sb_icon_inner\"data-clipboard-text=\"Craig Mackinlay Watch https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/2022\/03\/13\/its-not-all-putins-fault\/\"><span class=\"vk_icon_w_r_sns_copy icon_sns\"><i class=\"fas fa-copy\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"sns_txt\">Copy<\/span><\/button><\/li><\/ul><\/div><!-- [ \/.socialSet ] -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It isn\u2019t all Putin\u2019s fault. It's the fault of the government of which Craig is a member. They have failed to invest heavily into green energies, have cancelled plans to insulate homes and ensure high insulation standards for new-builds, and have continued to subsidise fossil fuels at colossal levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,6,11],"tags":[28,27,26],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lobbying-and-disinformation-counter-arguments","category-energy","category-lobbying-and-disinformation","tag-cost-of-living-crisis","tag-russia","tag-vladimir-putin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigmackinlaywatch.org.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}