Blair’s Net Zero Attack ‘Valid’ and ‘Important’ – Guido Fawkes

Labour’s civil war over net zero continues to rumble on after Tony Blair took a blowtorch to the party’s “irrational” green agenda – branding it “doomed to fail,” as Guido first reported yesterday morning. Labour insiders are said to be fuming, with one source slamming Blair’s intervention as a “public tantrum.” Environment secretary Steve Reed was wheeled out on the morning media round after the fallout, admitting on Times Radio that he agreed with much of what Blair said:

“He’s making a valid and important contribution to a very significant debate that we’re having. I agree with much of what he said, but not absolutely every word and dot and comma of it. But this government is moving to clean energy because it’s best for Britain.”

It’s not the first time Red Ed’s net zero crusade has run into turbulence, with Labour’s so-called ‘pro-growth’ faction winning the argument on Heathrow’s third runway. Meanwhile Downing Street is yet to give Ed the same five-year job guarantee they handed David Lammy. The green dream running out of steam…