🚨 Miliband Crumbles When Asked the One Question That Matters: How Much Would UK Net Zero Cool the Planet?
Lee Anderson asked Energy Secretary Ed Miliband a simple, direct question in Parliament:
“If Britain went Net Zero tomorrow, by how much would global temperatures fall?”
As the man in charge of our energy policy and one of the most vocal champions of Net Zero, Miliband should have had the answer at his fingertips.
Instead, he stood up and delivered pure waffle, dodging the question entirely with vague rhetoric about “British leadership” and how the 2008 Climate Change Act supposedly inspired the world.
No numbers. No data. Just ideology.
The truth is uncomfortable: it would make virtually no difference.
The UK accounts for less than 1% of global CO₂ emissions.
Even if we shut down every emitting industry, household, and vehicle overnight, the impact on the planet’s temperature would be negligible, too small to measure meaningfully.
Meanwhile, the world’s biggest emitters aren’t playing along: China (1st), United States (2nd), and India (3rd). Together they dwarf our output.
While we’re crippling our own energy costs, driving up bills, closing industries, and exporting jobs and businesses overseas, they continue expanding fossil fuel use to lift their populations out of poverty.
This isn’t “saving the planet.” It’s self-harm dressed up as virtue.
We’re sacrificing competitiveness, energy security, and working people’s livelihoods on an evidence-free fantasy.