Starmer is holding a Net Zero time bomb

Net Zero Watch has warned that Net Zero is an issue that could blow up in Keir Starmer’s face at any moment. The campaign group’s energy director Dr John Constable said:

Green Conservatives promised that Net Zero could be delivered at modest cost. It wasn’t true. The decarbonisation drive is now causing pain across the economy, and policies such as mandatory electric cars and heat pumps are extremely unpopular. As jobs are lost, and bills keep rising, it could soon get much worse.

Net Zero is therefore a time bomb that the Tories will be very glad to have passed on to the Labour Party. Keir Starmer has shown no sign that he understands the scale of the problems he has inherited, or that he sees the risks that Ed Miliband represents to his new administration.

And Net Zero Watch director Andrew Montford offered the organisation’s help in rectifying the problems.

Eventually, everyone in the Westminster bubble will accept that extreme decarbonisation was a historic and catastrophic mistake. When they are ready, Net Zero Watch is happy to talk to anyone who wants to understand how to put things right – from MPs to ministers to trades unionists to civil society groups.