“The critics need to know that if they want to fight about this, this Government says ‘bring it on’,” said a triumphant Ed Miliband at the conclusion of the international Conference on the Future of Energy Security last week. Fighting talk, perhaps, from the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who was the meeting’s co-host, alongside the International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol. Is this a sign that the green zealot will actually respond to his critics?
Never mind ‘lower bills’ and ‘green jobs’. The claim that he or the Government is either willing or able to ‘fight’ critics is the biggest lie Miliband has ever told. I can say this with such confidence because I and many other Net Zero critics have begged for such a debate, and have been seeking it since Miliband last had the energy brief. Countless requests to Miliband’s DESNZ have put challenging questions to him, the Government and his wonk underlings, and many reports, articles and analyses have summarised the shortcomings of his favoured approach.
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