Ed Milliband’s having a tough time isn’t he, Possums?
But it’s not all bad news. Red Ed’s mate, Dale Vince, seems to have reaped the reward of being a Labour donor as his “green” energy business Ecotricity’s application has been approved for the Heckington Fen Solar Park project in Lincolnshire.
Residents and councillors alike have accused Red Ed of pandering to Mr Vince, who donated five million quid to Labour in the
run-up to the recent general election.
Of course, Two-Tier set the tone with his chum Lord Ali, didn’t he? Now, Heckington Fen isn’t the only casualty of Red Ed’s band of eco-vandals. He waved through another project known as West Barton.
Combined, these two projects gobble up over one thousand hectares of prime agricultural land. Now science isn’t my strong suit, Possums, but I am having difficulty in understanding how our food security benefits from this.
After all, what nutritional benefit is there in a solar panel? Or a wind turbine for that matter? The eastern side of the country was always historically considered to be the “breadbasket” of England.
The Fens, as they are widely known, are especially fertile, but perhaps their most notable feature is they contain around half of the first grade agricultural land in England.
So why on Earth would some moron decide to blanket them with either solar panels or wind turbines, surrendering food security in the process?
The Fens cover large areas of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, and Norfolk along with a small area of Suffolk. In total they occupy an area of nearly fifteen hundred square miles (or approximately 3,900 square kilometres).
Situated in low-lying areas within a few metres of sea level, much of the Fenland originally consisted of fresh or salt-water wetlands, which were artificially drained centuries ago. They are protected from floods by drainage banks and pumps, as with similar areas in the Netherlands.
Consequently, the Fenland became the major arable agricultural region in Britain for grains and vegetables. That remains the case today, but for how much longer?
The lunacy of current tax policy only adds to the potential catastrophe by condemning our farmers to destitution that won’t reap growth or prosperity, but destruction instead.
Add yet another element to this, that of an aggressive house-building campaign, with the amendment of local planning processes to curtail opposition to approval, and you have a cluster-bleep that is second to none.
A crash and burn is a likely prospect for further tracts of green belt. And if we must choose between electricity consumption needs and being able to feed ourselves sustainably then we’re basically bleeped, aren’t we? Or is this madness all part of a big master plane to drag us back under the autocratic thumb of Brussels?
Is the relationship “reset”, particularly when it references defence and security, also inclusive of FOOD security? Are we being led by the nose to become a population of seventy million people solely dependent on EU based agriculture for our food sources? This idea isn’t as far-fetched as perhaps many might imagine, is it?
Anyone remember the yoke of the EU common agricultural policy pre-Brexit, and which still hobbles us now by the way?
In a country like the UK with a temperate climate and inclement weather patterns, are we really an ideal location to tap into renewable energy sources offered by wind and sun? Short answer to that is no we’re not, are we, Possums?
Like most in the champagne socialist world of north London wokes, rural life is a complete mystery to the Labour Party. You see, wokes seldom, if ever, stop to think about what it actually takes to put meat and veg or fish on a plate.
But then I suppose most of them don’t like eating animals anyway. OK, so do you want to consume veggies only?
No problem, but dahhhh, where are you going to grow them if there isn’t any agricultural land available because it’s all covered in solar panels and wind turbines?
Care for a tasty photovoltaic cell for dinner, anyone? A wind turbine blade grilled to perfection, maybe? Here’s a thought.
You have vast areas in north Africa where the sun shines year-round, and where virtually nothing lives or exists.
Wouldn’t that be a better location for banks of solar panels? Wouldn’t it be better to connect this power source to the European grid instead of trying to develop another that is far from ideally fit for purpose?
But, then again, since when did common sense get applied rather than political expediency from the likes of Red Ed that might actually benefit people? I’m still trying to get my head around that one!
