Jonathan Schofield on Nostr: …Less acute than Germany’s daunting energy prospects, the UK is still more than 2 ...

…Less acute than Germany’s daunting energy prospects, the UK is still more than 2 decades into being a net energy importer, and like Germany is having to cement its dependency on the Middle East at a time when that region is in roiling conflict.

Like historical bookends to the conversation, the UK “ended its military presence in the Middle East in 1971” but in 2018 it opened a permanent military base in Bahrain: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-bahrain-military-base-juffair-royal-navy-mina-salman-middle-east-hms-queen-elizabeth-a8291486.html (with Prince Andrew 😬 )