Pierre Novellie

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1,378 appearances 6 recordings 5 series first heard Apr 2025 last heard 9 Jul

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Strong Message Here · Doing Politics Differently (with Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie) · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, I think everyone should have to watch that clip of Nick Clegg

in 2010 saying there's no point building nuclear power plants because we'd only have all that lovely, basically free electricity 10 years from now.

And then the 10-year anniversary of him saying that was during the energy crisis just after COVID.

Infuriating.

Incredible.

Do you think giving these timescales is helpful for politicians?

Does the British public hear 10 years and think...

Oh, good.

I think it's nice to hear.

And then the British public remember that nine of those 10 years is the 800 million pound consultancy phase.

And then they get angry again.

And then they start reaching for torches and pitchforks.

Rightly so.

10 years is fine if you're promising me 10 years worth of actual, you know, spade in the ground building.

Whereas if it's just nine years of constantly having to consult with a thousand different increasingly niche local bodies about whether it's OK to have electricity.

It's just a pointless thing to say.

Maybe when he's saying 10-year plan, what he means is 10 years of planning.

So by the end of the 10 years, we will go, this has all just been tied up in the courts and lawyers fees.

Sorry, I said 10 years of planning.

Sorry, not 10-year plan, 10 years planning.

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