The “Alliance” of LibDems and Greens running Wealden District Council have shifted focus from trying to ban fire for not being carbon neutral. Now the councillors are toasting the use of a local crematorium for scenes in a short film. Their scruples about emitting carbon clearly turned to ash…
The 13-minute film, made by two trans activists, is about a woman who discovers her recently deceased father was trans. Filming at Wealden Crematorium was celebrated by the local LibDem cabinet member for “Public Health and Wellbeing” Kelvin Williams. He said “it is the first time that the Wealden Crematorium has been used as a filming location” and it’s understandable why thanks to its “stunning facilities“. Maybe he thinks it should be a venue for children’s birthday parties…
The production’s been shortlisted for Film4’s LGBTQ+ film awards. Catch it when it airs at 2 a.m. next week…
Wealden District Council, which has been led since May by a coalition of LibDems and Greens mostly concerned with declaring a “Climate Emergency“, is now launching a consultation on banning bonfires. The council declares that, seeing as the planet will soon burn up in hellfire, detailed licensing requirements need to be reviewed such that all public events can be forced to be “net zero in carbon emissions“. Wealden fans of the exploits of Guy Fawkes will be ashen-faced…
If licenses for public events had an actual net zero requirement that would put a stop to all public BBQs, the famous Hadlow Down and Hellingly steam rallies, and Sussex’s traditional bonfire nights. The climate-crazy councillors are also considering “offsetting by carbon capture” as a way to force events to reach requirements, which would presumably mean that you would have to pay for carbon credits in order to have a public BBQ. Talk about pissing on bonfires…
The Greens are led by eco-loon Rachel Millward, who founded a network for “filmmakers of marginalised genders” and believes that “the colonial exploitation of the global South is the cause of climate change”. She is also the Greens’ candidate for the new parliamentary constituency of Sussex Weald. She lives in a 6-bedroom mansion and went to the private King Henry 8th school. Humble means compared to most of our eco-overlords…
It’s been a while since the LibDems deployed their innovative bar charts to inflate their importance and success. Finally, with the general election looming, they’ve delivered. A co-conspirator shared this campaign pamphlet for West Dorset, where the LibDem candidate Edward Morello is claiming he’s the only man placed to unseat the Tories in the constituency. He’s used a graphic to illustrate this…
Our helpful co-conspirator – who claims he received the leaflet despite living in North Dorset, not West – has pointed out the problem: the LibDem bar is much closer to the Tory bar than it should be. Size matters…
Ed Davey has kicked off his conference speech with some kind of torturous stand-up routine. He tried warming up the crowd with an apology to the “clowning community“… and suggested he “used the wrong C word” when describing the Tories. Rayner’s called Tories “scum”, Davey’s suggesting they’re “c**ts”. Labour and the LibDems will get on like a house on fire in a coalition…
Nobody seems to have noticed the LibDems’ Foreign Affairs spokesperson Layla Moran dropped this absolute howler on Any Questions. Admittedly listening to the LibDems talk about Net Zero is a low priority for most people on a Friday evening. Perhaps Moran would have gotten away with it if Guido hadn’t rewound the tape…
Moran lamented how “economically illiterate” the government’s Net Zero changes are, and claimed we should be following the lead of the US… and China:
“You look at the States, where they’re already pumping billions of dollars towards this, you look at China, which is already ahead, actually we had an opportunity – we have still an opportunity – to forge an economy for the future… not only are the Conservatives intent on trashing today’s economy, they seem to want to also trash the future economy as well.”
Apparently China is “already ahead” on climate and Net Zero. This will, of course, be news to anyone living on planet Earth, where China accounted for a whopping 30.9% of carbon emissions in 2021, and is currently rated “highly insufficient” on climateactiontracker.org.
With a Net Zero target date of 2060, not 2050, they are, by a mile, belching out more emissions than anyone else, and building coal power projects faster than you can blink. “Already ahead” in that sense at least…
The LibDems have cut out the middle man and are now trying to pump their cr*p directly into the homes of voters. This week they’re insisting the government should force water companies to simply “switch off” storm overflows over the weekend, with Tim Farron appearing on BBC Breakfast to sell this genius idea to the public. All they need to do is “ban sewage discharges” for a few days. The beaches will be cleaner, and the country will be happier.
The only problem with this, as even Naga Munchetty repeatedly told Farron, is this isn’t possible. Unless the LibDems would rather see tonnes of sewage pumped directly into voters’ bathrooms, or causing pipes to burst in the street. This morning DEFRA released a statement pooh-poohing the idea:
“Storm overflows are an automatic safety valve that release excess pressure on the network. This prevents sewage backing up into properties and stops widespread mains pipe bursts across the country. This is a reckless suggestion that risks the safety of homes and businesses.”
A government source added:
“We’re used to the LibDems making-up ridiculous policy but this is the most dangerous one yet. It would mean people spending their bank holiday with sewage backing up through their toilets.”
A total stinker…
