Brain power can meet the energy crisis

Our reservoir of clever people must be channelled into solving problems

Back in the 1970s, North Sea oil was seen as the saviour of the British

It won’t be nearly as much fun as the years of living in a dreamland, but stripping away the pretence that there is some easy, painless solution to Britain’s long-standing problems represents the first stage to recovery.

Britain has no shortage of talented people. There is plenty of creativity and always has been; the problem is that it has not always been channelled in the right directions. If ever there was a moment to remedy that systemic