An ex-minister who is now advising Andy Burnham on policy has expressed support for a cocktail of far-left proposals that would cripple the economy. You think Reeves proposing food price caps was bad…
Miatta Fahnbulleh, who served as a senior economic adviser to Angela Rayner and Ed Miliband before entering government as energy minister and then housing minister, resigned last week. She has been in the anti-Starmer orbit for some time…
She was spotted at a Lucy Powell for Deputy Leader event in October last year and is close to Ed Miliband, who has also seconded one of his SpAds to Team Burnham. A takeover…
Along with directing policy and research for the left-wing think tank IPPR, Fahnbulleh for six years served as CEO of the capitalism-sceptic New Economics Foundation. The NEF under Fahnbulleh recommended, among other things:
Fahnbulleh also supports the creation of large nationalised energy companies to “flood the market“, accompanied by the introduction of “free basic energy” for everyone.
Worryingly, Fahnbulleh yesterday celebrated the blockage of almost 900 new homes in her constituency of Peckham, forcing residents to put up with a dilapidated 80s shopping centre for more years instead. Burnham said today that his first big target is housing – it’s not going well so far…
Hard left think tank the New Economics Foundation put out rapid analysis this week warning that any expansion of Heathrow, Luton, and Gatwick would decimate the carbon emission savings garnered from the government’s Clean Power 30 mission:
“Researchers at NEF have found that approving the expansion of the airports would create 65m tonnes of additional carbon-equivalent emissions within five years of expanded operation, wiping out the savings made through the Clean Power Plan.”
The NEF also tries to claim that the economic growth to be gained from more flights is overstated: “Incoming foreign tourists were outnumbered 3‑to‑1 by UK residents travelling abroad on their holidays, and spending money overseas.” The bastards…
The NEF’s longstanding director was until recently Miliband’s new Minister for Energy Consumers Miatta Fahnbulleh, who led the organisation for a whopping six years. They have stayed close – Miatta touted her experience in the job to get elected in Peckham and recently spoke at the NEF’s event at Labour Party Conference…
The DESNZ team have stayed studiously quiet in public on speculation surrounding next week’s aviation announcement – apart from Miliband saying he wouldn’t resign this time. Look no further than the New Economics Foundation for their real arguments…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”