Essay by Eric Worrall
Prime Minister Truss defeated the attempt to ban jailbreak – hardly happened. But the lengthy consultation process undertaken by her rebellious MPs is likely to preclude any real progress for the foreseeable future.
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The Government narrowly defeated a Labor proposal to force a vote on banning jailbreaking in the UK, after making huge pledges on rebel MPs’ demands for a tight approval process. stricter for new projects and announced the “100% hard” three-line whip.
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The uprising gained momentum late this afternoon when former energy minister Chris Skidmore, a staunch defender of the UK’s climate ambitions, has been tasked by the Prime Minister with delivering a review. on the UK’s Net Zero Strategy, confirmed on Twitter that he would not vote to allow fracking and was prepared to lose the whip if necessary.
“As a former Energy Secretary who signed into law legislation, in the interest of our environment and climate, I personally cannot vote tonight in favor of a jailbreak and undermining the commitments I made at the 2019 General Election. “I’m prepared to face the consequences of my decision.”
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In a last-ditch effort to downsize the uprising, Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg this afternoon proposed an amendment that requires public consultation on how communities can approve or deny jailbreak projects in their area through local referendums conducted by local governments.
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Campaigners hailed the vote as a major victory that effectively set the tone for any hope of reviving jailbreak projects. in the UK in the near future. The long-standing unpopularity of this approach will mean that projects that go through a rigorous approval process will struggle to secure public consent. And with a general election due by the end of 2023 at the latest and the Conservatives gaining new depth in the polls, investors will be reluctant to back projects that will be banned immediately. Work to win the next election.
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It’s a mess. British Prime Minister Liz Truss – barely – defeated a proposal to permanently ban division, but the uprising exposed her insecure grip on leadership. The lengthy consultation process carried out by rebels in her party effectively undermined Truss’ energy reform plans, by ensuring ample opportunity for shipbreakers to ensure no contingency. which vandalism was actually carried out.
British politician Nigel Farage predicted Liz Truss’s failure to solve the UK energy crisis, when I asked him at CPAC Australia a few weeks ago – he said there were too many benefits to be awarded. is against her. Perhaps now we are seeing the “benefits awarded” showing their hands.
I don’t think this will end well for the “benefits given”, if that’s what they are – I don’t believe the Tory rebels and Labor have fully appreciated the extent of everyone’s despair. Well-paid British MPs usually have no trouble sorting through their energy bills.
I remember a speech by British politician Nigel Farage more than a decade ago in which he talked about what would happen if Brexit could not be done. From memory, he says, “if I fall, the despair of being liberated from Europe will still be there. Those who come after my fall will not be satisfied.”
Farage was talking about Brexit back then, but the same words can be applied to Liz Truss’s courageous failure to tackle today’s energy crisis.
If mainstream parties don’t come up with a solution to Britain’s energy problems, ordinary people won’t have to freeze to death in their homes forever, or be bankrupted by cost-of-living bills. and energy.
You don’t have to look back in history to see where that despair can lead.
Pyrrhus of Epirus was a Greek King who won a military victory over the Romans, at the cost of destroying his own army. His madness is remembered today as a Pyrrhic victory.
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