The cynicism of the Secretary of State
Ed Miliband’s decision, announced towards the end of last year, to move three quarters of the cost of Renewables Obligation subsidies to general taxation was a move of profound political cynicism. In this post, I’ll try to explain why.
At first sight the move was an attempt to relieve the cost-of-living burden on consumers, albeit a moderately duplicitous one in that it simply shifted the burden from a household’s electricity bill to its tax bill. However, the decision to move only three quarters of the cost seemed strange – why not all of it?
Ed Miliband’s decision, announced towards the end of last year, to move three quarters of the cost of Renewables Obligation subsidies to general taxation was a move of profound political cynicism. In this post, I’ll try to explain why.
At first sight the move was an attempt to relieve the cost-of-living burden on consumers, albeit a moderately duplicitous one in that it simply shifted the burden from a household’s electricity bill to its tax bill. However, the decision to move only three quarters of the cost seemed strange – why not all of it?
The whole piece is well worth reading as yet another insight into Keir Starmer's choice for the role of Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero.
It’s impossible to say anything polite about Mr Miliband’s politicking. The story reveals a man whose objective has been to screw the public, to disguise the fact that he is doing so, and then to leave a depth charge for the next government, apparently for his own entertainment. It’s the kind of thing that might seem clever to a student politician, but is simply unbecoming for a minister of the Crown.
3 comments:
Stealth Net Zero. If each energy bill and each tax code showed the amount funding Net Zero then it would not be stealthy and also be called Net Cost A Lot.
That would never do.
When will someone have the balls (no, not Ed) to publicly ask minibrain what his net zero plans are, when you consider that every bird mincer and solar farm will have reached their ten year lifespan before his fantasy comes to fruition, and what is he going to do with the non recycleable constituents of those blots on the landscape? A simple request. Over to you BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, the only tv programmes he will agree to appear on.
Penseivat
DJ - yes, it's shameless. He knows what he's doing and why. Montford is right, Miliband's objective has been to screw the public.
Penseivat - we may as well assume that they approve of what he's doing. They know he's deliberately screwing the public and why and they think it's a good idea. We are too prosperous for their liking.
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