CLIMATE CHANGE, COP29 FIASCO
First may I remind you that the UK emits an insignificant 0.8% of global CO2 emissions.
So our incompetent PM and his idiot Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, AND would you believe it, 470 officials go to Azerbaijan in the hope of improving his CV by grandstanding on the world stage.
What makes this so ridiculous is that they are proposing to waste £'s billions of our money in a bid to become world leaders to net zero, while all the other major players are going in the opposite direction.
The COP29 is obviously a fiasco such that the leaders of the USA, China, India, France, Germany, Argentina together with the leader of the EUC Von Der Lyden, not even bothering to attend. So while Starmer was grandstanding he was lacking an audience of any standing to watch him. So what did it cost us? a PM, a Minister and 470 pen pushers on a nice little Jolly, not to mention the carbon footprint to get them all there.
During the election Starmer claimed, now conveniently forgotten, that the billions that he would spend on renewables would reduce our energy bills by £300 per household, whereas the OBR say that it will add£12 billion to our fuel bills this year.and that ignores all future subsidies and the estimated £100 billion required to upgrade the infrastructure to cope with renewables. All this to achieve nothing in global terms.
What shows the stupidity of their policy is that India and China together emit in 6 days what it takes the UK a year to achieve, and they are actively pursuing an expansion of their coal fired generating capacity.
COP29 celebrates reaching a deal of 300 billion dollars of aid, big deal, they haven't coughed up half of that promised on the previous deal.
A further irony of COP29 is that it is held in Azerbaijan where 90% of it's exports are fossil fuels.
With these idiots in charge what chance does the planet have?. One thing is for sure and that is we can expect much higher energy bills and many more vulnerable and poorly off people shivering or even dying from hypothermia.
So our incompetent PM and his idiot Energy Secretary, Ed Miliband, AND would you believe it, 470 officials go to Azerbaijan in the hope of improving his CV by grandstanding on the world stage.
What makes this so ridiculous is that they are proposing to waste £'s billions of our money in a bid to become world leaders to net zero, while all the other major players are going in the opposite direction.
The COP29 is obviously a fiasco such that the leaders of the USA, China, India, France, Germany, Argentina together with the leader of the EUC Von Der Lyden, not even bothering to attend. So while Starmer was grandstanding he was lacking an audience of any standing to watch him. So what did it cost us? a PM, a Minister and 470 pen pushers on a nice little Jolly, not to mention the carbon footprint to get them all there.
During the election Starmer claimed, now conveniently forgotten, that the billions that he would spend on renewables would reduce our energy bills by £300 per household, whereas the OBR say that it will add£12 billion to our fuel bills this year.and that ignores all future subsidies and the estimated £100 billion required to upgrade the infrastructure to cope with renewables. All this to achieve nothing in global terms.
What shows the stupidity of their policy is that India and China together emit in 6 days what it takes the UK a year to achieve, and they are actively pursuing an expansion of their coal fired generating capacity.
COP29 celebrates reaching a deal of 300 billion dollars of aid, big deal, they haven't coughed up half of that promised on the previous deal.
A further irony of COP29 is that it is held in Azerbaijan where 90% of it's exports are fossil fuels.
With these idiots in charge what chance does the planet have?. One thing is for sure and that is we can expect much higher energy bills and many more vulnerable and poorly off people shivering or even dying from hypothermia.
