I do not believe Cameron would ever have repealed the act.

Jul 3, 2016 at 12:26 PM | Dung

Which Cameron, Sam or Dave?

http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2011/9/27/guilty-men-and-guilty-women.html?currentPage=2

golf charlie
There are very few UK politicians prepared to face the greenblob head on and repeal the Climate Change Act. I don't think any are likely to be our next prime minister.

SandyS, as Phillip Bratby (and others) has pointed out, the Secretary of State can amend EU targets with the flick of a pen.

So much has been done "because we have to, to meet EU Targets etc", it seems the CCA can be neutered with a few choice cuts and slices, as and when required.

As power generation is (for me) the big issue with Green Blob/EU stupidity, I look forward to "meeting EU Climate Change Targets", being removed from all justifications for closing functional power stations, and replacing them with Unreliable solar and wind etc.

This should help keep what remains of British industry and manufacturing in Britain. It might even attract some from Europe.

Looks like the Home Secretary is way ahead of the field in the race for PM. Not sure how she stands on the climate change BS but she has been resposible for immigration from outside the EU for the last 6 years which is supposed to be controllable which conveiniently kept pace with the EU immigration. I wonder why that was?

Martin A, I think Boris was quietly informed that he was not likely to win. Sarah Vine (aka Mrs Gove) accidently copied an e-mail to someone who took it straight to journalists, suggesting that Boris could not be trusted.

A week is a long time in politics in the Conservative Party at the moment, but at least they have all agreed to elect a new Leader.

Corbyn may be waiting to see how many of his opponents get wounded by the Chilcot fall-out. Detonation is Wednesday I think. Certainly Momentum are eagerly awaiting further casualties of the Gulf War, and most Momentum dominated Labour constituency parties are hoping for a 'reign of terror' reminiscent of the French Revolution. Momentum are celebrating the defeat of the original coup against Corbyn, and think Labour will be more electable following a counter-revolution.

By keeping their heads down, and mouths shut, the Liberal Party have had their best week for about 3 years. No one has remembered who they were, or where they are.

Martin A, most politicians will do or say what it takes to keep their job at the next election.

When campaigning to be a Party Leader, the stakes are higher, and the tactics dirtier. The winner of the Tory Party contest immediately becomes Prime Minister. His or her chances of winning the next General Election will depend on whether there is an Opposition that is credible outside the paid up Membership of the Labour Party.

Jeremy Corbin the new leader of UKIP. Ouch!

Dung
The only thing I've heard Andrea Leadsom say is that We're headed for the sunlit uplands of a post EU life. Has she expanded on that? If not could you explain what it means is real terms because for me it is totally meaningless.

Martyn, Corbyn could apply to be the new lead presenter of Top Gear. We know already he has the overwhelming support of the Labour Membership, for whatever he does.

Dung. Apart from the three usual suspects, who is going to argue with you? The Climate Change Act is a disaster, whoever wrote it (the final version would have been the product of many, perhaps hundreds of people). What's to discuss? Even Ayla (halo be her name) might only stir a handful of comments.

Dung, Bryony Worthington has at least become an advocate for nuclear power, even if she mistakenly thinks it is to ward off the supposedly greater evil of cAGW. It can be interesting to see how greens behave when faced with the options of two different ways to the 'end of the world', or to continue actually caring for the welfare of human beings.

Of course, many of them opt for the end of human civilisation first, without waiting to see if their end of the world scenarios look like proving false (which they always do). Worthington gets a small amount of credit from me for implicitly recognising, late, that humans should actually come first: That energy supply is paramount, and not something as substitutable as carrots and broccoli. It is a pity she didn't give it the same amount of thought when she was in upper government circles, writing acts of parliament on technical subjects with a background in English and environmentalist whingeing[*].

Her case is similar to Patrick Moore, ex-Greenpeace. He now speaks persuasively of the evils that his former associations has engendered, while maintaining the dignity of his original good intentions. Bryony Worthington has a way to go yet before she can match Patrick Moore.

[*I love defensible examples which are not "I before E, except after C]

Dung, nobody can be expected to have expertise in all areas. Bryony did have expertise in gaining access to people in all areas, who would tell her what she wanted to hear.

Miliband and Cameron had both been told what they needed to hear, to convince them that Bryony was saying what they wanted to hear, and so they both listened to Bryony, and told their MPs to do the same, which most of them did, convinced it was what the electorate all wanted to hear.

Belatedly, Bryony has realised that Renewable energy was a con, it was simply Unreliable. Bryony admitted this having taken on other interests outside the House of Lords.

Nobody else knows, what else Bryony now knows she was wrong about, when Ed and Dave were listening to her. But the Climate Change Act is why I favoured leaving the EU. Nice one Bryony!

The Climate Change Act was used as the gold standard by which other countries and the EU created similar legislation, and as EU industry has declined, many Indian and Chinese millionaires must go out for a slap up English Meal to celebrate.

golf charlie
But the Climate change Act was a self inflicted wound aided and a abetted by the UN as well as the EU. Leaving the UN might have been a more cost effective solution. At least the UK got something back from the EU, exporting aged and infirm pensioners like Mrs S and I for one.

Lest we forget Bryony Brownouts, and Bryony Blackouts, when and if the time comes.
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