Labour Defends Net-Zero Policies After Blair Criticism

[naomi24]

//Asked about the report at Prime Minister's Questions, Sir Keir said: "If you look at the detail of what Tony Blair said he's absolutely aligned with what we're doing here."//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq80974l402o

 

//The ex-Labour prime minister argued the climate change debate had become "irrational" and people in rich countries no longer wanted to make financial sacrifices "when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal".//

 

Which bit of that^ doesn't Starmer understand?

 

[fender62]

what could possibly go wrong, take the whole country over the cliff with green energy, id say and im no expert, that this is a long process and we still have to rely on gas coal nuclear id say for another 50 or more years before we take that jump, so why not use the resources we have under the ground, or drill baby drill..

[naomi24]

According to this, they're not doing enough.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/30/labour-not-protecting-people-economy-and-homes-from-climate-crisis-watchdog-says

 

[Old_Geezer]

If they wish to pander to the minority extremists they will. In fact it seems to be their strategy for vote collecting.

[andy-hughes]

Since, if Britain returned to the Stone Age in twenty minutes from now, the impact on carbon emissions would be barely measurable, I remain baffled as to why the government continue to indulge this swivel-eyed loon in his ludicrous ego trip which is set to achieve nothing, at enormous cost.

What do they imagine the prize is? Admiration from India and China?

Yeah, right ...

Give it up, sack the idiot, and stop needing yesterday's warmonger to tell you common sense.

[dave50]

Apparently according mad Ed, we have to set an example to the world! What an idiot,  as if they are going to take a blind bit of notice @

[jourdain2]

As we become olderand more vulnerable - I am becoming quite alarmed by the implications of net zero ---- and by the blind certainty of our governing party.