David Cameron has ordered ministers to ditch the ‘green crap’ blamed for driving up energy bills and making business uncompetitive, it is claimed. The Prime Minister, who once pledged to lead the ‘greenest government ever’, has publicly promised to ‘roll back’ green taxes, which add more than £110 a year to average fuel bills. But a senior Tory source said Mr Cameron’s message in private is far blunter. The source said: ‘He’s telling everyone, “We’ve got to get rid of all this green crap.” He’s absolutely focused on it.’ -–Daily Mail, 21 November 2013
Lets go back to November 3rd 2013
I hate to say “I told you so” but I did. I even wrote a whole section at the end of a report detailing it: Case Analysis: The effect of the End of Kyoto on Scotland and several posts including this one: Thoughts on what end for Global Warming?
Just as I predicted, the UK government are beginning to manoeuvre against the SNP to raise wind as a top political issue coming up to the referendum vote next year. The reason is simple: the SNP economic case for independence was based on North Sea oil but it faltered when oil started running out. Renewables were seen not only as an economic but a political fix. Independence was still viable when oil ran out because renewables would take their place.
(Game, set & match for Scottish Independence: Scottish Sceptic
I feel like some shepherd boy standing on a hill who’s has been flinging pebbles and shouting at the massed ranks of SNP supporter and green activist “I’ve won”. And there they were, laughing at me because they thought I was mad, because I said I could hear the massed ranks of boots behind me.
I think he’s at the ‘let them eat cake’ stage and probably mixing up green taxes with carbon trading. The money can’t already be committed to pay for that lovely wind power. After all it’s free and Sam Cam would be cross if Daddy doesn’t get his subsidy.
More probably he’s trying to shut his minions up on talking about green cr*p so people forget about the mess he’s got us into.
He (or more likely his advisors) may have also realised he’s done an M&S. That’s where you go running off trying to attract a group that wouldn’t touch you with a barge pole, while at the same time alienating the customer base you used to have.
If those who voted blue wanted to go green, we’d have voted green.
Some insightful – hadn’t thought about this as a distraction. It may be that the kind of voters who used to be blue/green have worked out how much it will cost them and are now blue through and through.
I think they’re scared the blues might vote yellow and purple.
The trouble with believing Cameron is he only knows how to lie.he is trying to cover his Ass for the next Election,the same as Milliband.The only way out for you people in the UK,is do what we did in Australia,Boot them out.Ukip may not be the Best,but with the increase in funds that they have been promised,they are in with a very good shot.For your sakes,I hope i’m right.