Essay by Eric Worrall

Britain’s opposition leader is not interested in Net Zero proposals unless they produce lots of green jobs, to replace jobs lost in “old sectors”.

‘I hate tree huggers’: How Starmer apparently exploded over Labour’s green policy

The Labour leader’s outburst followed a presentation from climate and net zero spokesman Ed Miliband

Archie Mitchell

Sir Keir Starmer said “I hate tree huggers” in an outburst that shocked his shadow cabinet, it has been claimed.

The Labour leader’s furious remark followed an animated presentation from climate and net zero spokesperson Ed Miliband setting out his revolutionary energy policies.

Mr Miliband is said to have told his colleagues of the hope and change his policies would bring, receiving only a lukewarm reception from Sir Keir.

Sir Keir “thanked him for his presentation but said he wasn’t interested in hope and change”, according to a source.

The source told The Sunday Times: “He was more interested in creating sustainable new jobs to replace jobs in old sectors that were being lost. He then said he was not interested in tree huggers, before adding to everyone’s surprise, ‘In fact, I hate tree huggers’.”

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-green-climate-change-starmer-miliband-b2372012.html

Left wing British opposition leader Keir Starmer is on track to be Britain’s next prime minister, assuming the Tories don’t shuffle the deck a few more times, once they accept what a vote loser Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is.

The British “Conservatives” have led Britain to the brink of economic ruin with their nut zero policies driving up energy prices, and their incompetent big government socialism, and rightly deserve to be dumped at the next election.

My reservation about this, a fear I’m sure is shared by many, is Labour is currently on track to be even more committed to green energy than the Conservatives.

But will Labour actually follow through on this net zero commitment?

Keir Starmer seems to be claiming his priority is jobs. How will Starmer respond, when no matter what he does, the promised green jobs fail to materialise?

We have no way of knowing whether Keir Starmer’s Labour will do a better job of managing the economy than Britain’s current crop of useless Conservatives. But one point in Labour’s favour, Labour would have to make a real effort to do worse.