Coffey, secretary of state for environment food and rural affairs since Rishi Sunak took office in September said: “It is not the role of government to provide free food.”
Well, that should stop the flow of illegal immigration! Suella can put her feet up and have a mince pie...
In her first grilling by MPs on the environment, food and rural affairs committee since taking up the post, she also said she was “very disappointed by the water companies” and acknowledged concern over sewage flows into waterways. She said water company bosses were being summoned to account for their actions next week, and that they would be subject to more monitoring and would have to submit “real-time data”. She stopped short of promising to crack down on sewage flows into rivers and beaches.
Well, of course! I mean, we wouldn't want to upset people who aren't doing their job, would we? It might make the Cabinet nervous...
Coffey did, however, give comfort to those hoping for an expansion of renewable energy across the UK countryside. She moved away from the position adopted by Sunak in his leadership campaign, when he rejected solar farms on UK agricultural land, and said a government review of land use to be published in the first half of next year would take a “balanced” view.
She told the committee that land graded 3b for agricultural use – judged to be moderate quality, capable of producing cereals and grass – could be used for solar farms.
We need more food production, not less. Why do these 'conservatives' think there's votes in humouring the eco-loons?
I agree, Julia and why pander to a minority bunch of strange zealots who most likely have never and will never vote for you or your party?
ReplyDeleteI recommend looking at GridWatch. I'm on a rant on my blog about how little renewables are contributing during the current cold snap. Solar is virtually non-existent as you'd expect in the UK in Winter and wind has dropped off as we experience the still, cold weather than is so common in the UK. Last night European interconnectors were supplying more than renewables to the UK grid. All those coal fired German electrons crossing the channel. Maybe extinction rebellion would like to try and bycott the several GigaWatts of very high voltage "dirty" electricity coming into the UK.
ReplyDelete