While Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship has just completed its ninth flight having already rescued NASA astronauts earlier this year, the UK Space Agency has been hard at work hiring climate change pen-pushers. Who’s surprised…
They’re advertising for an “Environmental Sustainability Lead” on £61,000 to busy themselves with “championing sustainability and the environment” by “reducing waste”, “improving biodiversity”, and “driving progress toward Net Zero” while “embedding long-term environmental change”. They’re also after an “Earth Observation Climate Services Lead” – also on £61,000 – to “oversee climate-related aspects” and brief ministers on “climate sustainability”. Total cost: £122,000…
For that, you could:
Taxpayers can guess which organisation out of SpaceX or UKSA is more likely to get us to Mars. UK DOGE recommends costs are cut here…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”