The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero splurged over £4 million of taxpayers’ cash to promote its green agenda according to an FOI request sent by the Taxpayers’ Alliance. In the financial year 2023-2024, a whopping £4,356,837 was spent on online adverts for just two eco-campaigns—It All Adds Up and Welcome Home to Energy Efficiency ‘educating’ the public about heat pumps and ‘energy-saving measures’. Naturally most outlets used to promote the climate crusade were on the more ‘progressive’ side of the spectrum…
News outlets include The Guardian Online, Guardian Media, Channel 4, ITV, News UK, while social media platforms Meta, Google, Spotify, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Pinterest were also deployed to advertise the campaigns. It ain’t cheap going green…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”