Last night we voted against Ed Miliband’s new Net Zero target.
Why? Watch this.
Not a single Labour MP could say what it will mean for the cost of food or energy for our constituents - or for British jobs and industry.
They’re going to spend hundreds of billions of pounds of YOUR money and they didn’t even seem to care what it will mean for you.
Parliament should be better than this.
On the spiteful nature of Labour’s education policy, let’s revisit the single decision Bridget Philipson made that has been most revealing, as well as frustrating.
Eton and Star Academies wanted to open a great new free school in Middlesbrough to help more talented young people access the best universities - a noble endeavour backed by funding from Eton as well as a commitment to share their passion and expertise.
The last Conservative government said yes in 2023 under @GillianKeegan, in a victory for local children and parents and for a great campaign led by independent Mayor Andy Preston @centre_right_ and Conservative Councillor @MiekaSmiles.
But astonishingly, Labour locally campaigned against it. Andy McDonald MP raged against Eton as a "hallmark of stifling elitism”.
What did Bridget Philipson do when she became Education Secretary? She killed the project. Prejudice trumped social mobility.
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@Artemisfornow I don't know if those of us still working can afford this Labour government. Can't we have a slimmed down, cut-price service? The current one is unaffordable. Is there a lower tier but with adverts one we can subscribe to?
UK government choices for Chancellor:
Ed Miliband: zero private sector economics or financial experience.
Wes Streeting: zero private sector economics or financial experience.
Shabana Mahmood: zero private sector economics or financial experience.
America's equivalent....
Scott Bessent: Founded his own macro hedge fund, was CIO at Soros Fund Management, 30 years managing global capital
Comedic contrast. The UK has a political competency crisis