Amid the Budget comms and market meltdown, it didn’t escape co-conspirators that eco-loon Chris Packham “reached a settlement with the government” over his legal challenge which claimed the previous (Tory) Government had acted unlawfully by delaying net zero policies. Acted sensibly, more like…
The new Government has decided to capitulate to Packham and has agreed to meet him to discuss “future progress addressing climate breakdown”. The truth is that it doesn’t matter what Reeves promises to spend or cut in the Budget, if Miliband has already promised the earth to Packham…
Packham was represented by class action specialists Leigh Day, the law firm with extensive links to the Labour Party and one of the chief purveyors of the class action tidal wave of which Guido has been warning in recent months. The think tank Adam Smith Institute released a report on lawfare last week noting that the enormous class action boom was starting to have real world impact on the UK’s economy and business. The combination of class action lawfare and net zero apocalypticism will do far more long-term damage than any confected budget ‘black hole’ tinkering. Don’t say you weren’t warned…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”