Latest news from London.
Mr. Johnson was woken in the night by a call from Mr. Zelensky, who informed him that the nuclear power plant on the Dnieper river
was under attack. The Ukrainian president thought the plant had been captured by "Chechen guerillas and that they would do something very irresponsible", the Prime Minister said.
Boris Johnson is very worried about a nuclear cloud enveloping Europe.
The British public seems in a highly bellicose mood, which is probably appropriate. As I read it the prospect of a NATO military advance on Ukraine is rising by the minute. There seems to be rapid consensus that any radiation from an attacked nuclear plant reaching a NATO country will constitute and attack.
The way I read the comment sections in the Minneapolis paper, the citizenry round here is also in a Bellicose mood.
The whole trouble is compounded by the cart before the horse in the energy front. We have been cutting off sources of energy without planning replacements, hoping that wind mills and solar panels will get us by. They won't.
Natural das prices have spiked 13 fold in the UK. Yes, up 13 times. So my brother James usually spends 2000 to 3000 GBP on heating costs depending on how cold the winter is. Energy prices are higher there than here. At the current price it would mean his energy costs would be at least 26,000 GBP and may be up to 35,000 GBP, unless measures can be taken to bring the price down. Gasoline prices are rising fast over there, as they are here. I expect prices to be over $4 a gallon by early next week. They are just at $3.60 here today. On my way back from my son's place this evening, I saw one station at $3.79.
My sense is a widening of the war is imminent. Time to download Home Security dept. advice to home owners in event of nuclear attack I fear.
