James Badcock

Madrid

Freelance Journalist at Freelance

Madrid-based freelance journalist, Spinal Tap quoter, inveterate counter of chickens. Telegraph & BBC. Own views here. RTs mixed bag. DMs open.

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Gibraltar deal to join Schengen is '99pc done'

2 days ago | telegraph.co.uk | James Badcock |James Crisp

Sources in the British Overseas Territory also told The Telegraph on Monday, ahead of a UK-EU summit in London, there was significant movement in negotiations that began in 2017. Mr Picardo told Times Radio that he could now see the end of talks over the Rock. "I think we can now see the finish post. I've said before, we're 99 per cent of the way there. I said, we're within kissing distance," Mr Picardo said.
Spanish island hit by major power cut

1 week ago | yahoo.com | James Badcock

The Canary island of La Palma was hit by a major power cut on Thursday morning, just 10 days after mainland Spain suffered a blackout. According to La Palma’s government, more than a third of its 85,000-strong population was without power for around 45 minutes. Alberto Hernandez, the Canary Islands’ energy chief, said a substation failure had caused a mismatch between energy supply and demand, which in turn triggered a power cut to protect the generating equipment.
Spanish island hit by major power cut

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | James Badcock

The archipelago's government announced last month that it would install eight temporary fuel-burning power plants across Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. However, the overall plan, overseen by Spain's climate transition ministry, is to boost the use of renewable energy as sun and wind is relatively reliable on the archipelago, which is located off the coast of northwestern Africa.
Spanish PM doubles down on net zero after blackout

1 week ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | James Badcock

Spanish PM doubles down on net zero after blackoutPedro Sánchez said nuclear power advocates were using the blackout as an excuse for a ‘gigantic manipulation exercise’ - THOMAS COEX/AFPSpain’s Socialist prime minister doubled down on a commitment to net zero over a week after an unprecedented blackout plunged the country into chaos.
Spanish PM doubles down on net zero after blackout

1 week ago | yahoo.com | James Badcock

Spain’s Socialist prime minister doubled down on a commitment to net zero over a week after an unprecedented blackout plunged the country into chaos. Pedro Sánchez said his government would not be changing course despite warnings from the national grid operator that increasing reliance on renewables risked system collapse. He also ruled out a rethink of its plan to scrap Spain’s nuclear power stations.
Spanish PM doubles down on net zero after blackout

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | James Badcock

"There is not empirical evidence telling us that the incident was caused by an excess of renewable energy sources or from a lack of nuclear power," he said to parliament on Wednesday. Hitting back at calls for the government to about-turn on scrapping the nuclear stations, he said nuclear power advocates were using the blackout as an excuse for a "gigantic manipulation exercise". "Not a single serious study says nuclear power is essential for Spain," he said.
Why nothing can sink Europe's Teflon PM

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | James Badcock |James Crisp

David Jiménez, a journalist and former editor of the conservative newspaper El Mundo, expressed grudging admiration for Mr Sánchez, who he described as a "highly unscrupulous politician with a great instinct for survival". "He is capable of adapting to adverse circumstances and even making them work in his favour, benefited, it has to be said, by a somewhat incompetent opposition.""An example of this is how he took the name Perro Sánchez, which began as an insult intended to dehumanise him.
Spain’s PM accused of putting net-zero ideology first after blackout chaos

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | James Badcock

Popular Party claimed Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister, knew about the national electricity provider’s warning and ‘ignored it’Spain’s Socialist prime minister was accused of putting green ideology ahead of energy security after a massive blackout plunged the country into chaos on Monday.
Spain’s PM accused of putting net-zero ideology first after blackout chaos

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | James Badcock

Spain’s Socialist prime minister was accused of putting green ideology ahead of energy security after a massive blackout plunged the country into chaos on Monday. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the opposition People’s Party, said Pedro Sánchez was covering up information about the cause of the power cut and prioritising green ideology in his energy policy. The prime minister was “saddling our energy system with a massive ideological burden”, Mr Feijóo said on Tuesday.
Spain's PM accused of putting net-zero ideology first after blackout chaos

2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | James Badcock

Spain's Socialist prime minister was accused of putting green ideology ahead of energy security after a massive blackout plunged the country into chaos on Monday. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the opposition People's Party, said Pedro Sánchez was covering up information about the cause of the power cut and that the prime minister was prioritising green ideology in his energy policy. The prime minister is "saddling our energy system with a massive ideological burden", Mr Feijóo said on Tuesday.

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