Europe Wakes Up to Energy Reality – But Miliband Keeps Britain Asleep

While Europe quietly fixes its energy mess, Britain continues to drift deeper into crisis under ideological obsession. The recent relaunch of Denmark’s Tyra gas field is a wake-up call — one the UK government, led by Ed Miliband and his Net Zero acolytes, seems determined to ignore.

Tyra, the largest gas field in the Danish North Sea, has undergone a massive redevelopment to extend its production until 2042. Peak output is expected at 80,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, the bulk of it gas, enough not only to satisfy Danish domestic demand but also to export to the rest of Europe. In the words of Denmark’s Minister for Climate, Energy & Utilities Lars Aagaard:

> “Gas is not the future, but as a transitional fuel it is crucial for us to maintain stability and security while we develop a green and fossil-free energy system.”

In other words: gas — fossil fuel, reliable, and domestically controlled — is essential for energy security, at least until green alternatives are truly ready to shoulder the load. Europe has realised that ideology cannot heat homes or keep factories running.

Contrast this with the UK. Under Miliband’s stewardship, the government continues to block new North Sea exploration, stifle domestic production, and rely on imported LNG. Prices skyrocket, baseload capacity dwindles, and the risk of blackouts in winter climbs higher every year. The EU is actively reducing dependence on Russian energy; Britain, by contrast, is locking itself into dependence on foreign markets while pretending that wind turbines and imported hydrogen are a viable replacement.

It’s not just bad policy — it’s a strategic folly. Europe’s Tyra project demonstrates a simple truth: energy security always trumps ideology. Britain, however, persists in treating energy policy as a moral statement, ignoring the fundamental realities of physics and economics. The country is sleepwalking toward higher costs, lower reliability, and increasing vulnerability to global shocks.

If the UK wants to avoid the same mistakes Denmark and the EU are correcting, it must wake up. That means:

1. Restarting North Sea exploration and production immediately.


2. Treating gas and nuclear as essential transitional fuels, not enemies of Net Zero.


3. Rejecting the ideological obsession with imported “green” energy that cannot meet demand.



Europe has begun to learn the hard lesson that reality cannot be legislated away. Britain, under Miliband’s watch, is still in denial. And every winter that passes, the cost of that denial — in higher bills, economic disruption, and vulnerability — continues to mount.

Europe wakes up. Britain sleeps. And the lights hang in the balance.