RE: Here 's Ed!6 May 2024 16:42
I expect Ed to use his veto in cabinet. He is supported by powerful friends from the climate lobby. It could be a little uncomfortable for him as he will be using them to overturn collective actions deemed good for the country in favour of ideology and expensive renewable energy that has driven most of our industry offshore, mainly to China. Dominic Lawson wrote an interesting article in the ST warning that "The electric car crash will rival the dotcom bubble".
He finished with this: "And groups such as Friends of the Earth are highly experienced litigants in such matters. Indeed, only last Friday the High Court found in FoE’s favour, and against the government, over the Green lobby group’s claim that ministers had not provided sufficient evidence that their existing policies would achieve net zero by 2050, as they are legally required to do so.
So whenever a minister suggests a policy change that might be viewed as in breach of the net zero commitment, the civil servants involved immediately warn that it may be open to legal challenge or judicial review.
Not that such a scene is ever likely to take place when, as is generally expected, Ed Miliband takes over Coutinho’s job in a Labour government. Then we will see the “net zero leviathan of central planning” she warned against. My money is on consumers, all the same. Because they are also known as “voters”."
So we'll end up with Ed having the backing of the ideological extremists and the "law". He won't have the "voters" and he never has had them imo. Many people blame Liz Truss for our woes. Theresa May caused far more damage with the declarative piece of legislation she left behind as her "legacy".
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