Keir Starmer repeatedly insists that his clean energy pledge "hasn't changed" and is "exactly the same as it always was".
This is quite obviously untrue. Labour's previous "mission" promised 100% clean energy by 2030.
Today's "milestone" has reduced that to 95%. He's watered it down
This is quite obviously untrue. Labour's previous "mission" promised 100% clean energy by 2030.
Today's "milestone" has reduced that to 95%. He's watered it down
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Be needed. He didn’t seem phased about it so we shouldn’t be.
"Act fast to lead the world with clean and cheap power by 2030, backing the builders not the blockers so Britain gets
the cheap, clean power we need;"
Arguably, Mission is the same, just the SMART goals have been changed - to take account for a change in what's achievable.
Principle same, goals edited for reality now.
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French nuclear is making the UK much cleaner, they just don't like to remind us we pay their government for it because ours refused to plan accordingly.
UK could be 100% indigenous clean electricity while only 95% of electricity consumed clean if the 5% imports are not clean.
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Facts matter. Truth matters.
The first “100%” statement could mean for an hour - I always assumed they’d aim for a day or a month on only clean power and call that a win.
“At least 95%”, if over a year, is arguably *more* ambitious, and definitely more honest.