The US, acting as the world's deeply frustrated father, has banned all oil because the Middle East keeps fighting. Apparently, the solution is to just go into the shed and leave the world power-less.

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AS the world’s angry dad, the US has ruled that since Iran will not stop quarrelling and open the Strait of Hormuz now nobody can have any oil. <p><strong>AS the world’s angry dad, the US has ruled that since Iran will not stop quarrelling and open the Strait of Hormuz now nobody can have any oil. </strong></p> <p>Like a father unfamiliar with the nuances of the dispute but ‘sick to death’ of ‘bloody squabbling’, America has declared there will not be any oil for anyone and that is an end to the...