BBC Promotes Open Letter from “Leading Firms”
By Paul Homewood
h/t various!!
The BBC are now campaigning openly for their green political agenda:
Boris Johnson needs to prioritise a green UK economic recovery following the coronavirus crisis, say bosses from leading firms.
They called for polluting industries "without a proper climate plan" to be excluded from government help.
Government advisors recently warned that the UK must not fall into a deeper climate crisis.
Mr Johnson is expected to make a speech on Sunday which may lead to a limited relaxation of lockdown rules.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said the government "remains committed to being a world leader in tackling the great global challenges we face in climate change and biodiversity loss."
As the UK eases restrictions and tries to repair damage to the economy from the crisis, the chief executives of more than 60 British organisations called on the government to:
- Invest in infrastructure, technology and skills to create jobs that help sustainability
- Exclude companies in "polluting industries" that do not have a proper climate plan
- Restore ecosystems on land and in our oceans by incentivising walking and cycling
- Support sustainable food, farming and fishing
- Swiftly pass environmental laws and bring in targets in law to restore ecosystems
- Bring global leaders together to plan for a sustainable economic recovery
The signatories to an open letter to Boris Johnson included Iceland Foods, Barratt Developments, The Body Shop, Ben and Jerry’s, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the National Trust and Greenpeace UK.
Richard Walker, the managing director of Iceland Foods, said: "The economic recovery from this global health crisis must put the restoration of nature at its heart – because that is the only way we can continue to power our human endeavour sustainably. If nature is protected, we are protected."
Beccy Speight, the chief executive of the RSPB, said: "Humanity’s future is inextricably bound to the health of our planet. No part of the world is untouched by human activity, and as we continue our destruction of nature, we make our own planet less habitable for people as well."
Hilary McGrady, director-general at the National Trust, said: "Right now, the nation’s attention is rightly focused on dealing with the immediate and profound impact of coronavirus on health, social fabric and livelihoods.
"But as governments around the world turn their thoughts to economic recovery, their plans must respond to what the lockdown has clearly shown; that people want and need access to nature-rich green spaces near where they live."
The letter comes after government advisors warned that the UK must avoid falling from the coronavirus crisis into a deeper environmental crisis.
They said on Wednesday that ministers should ensure funds earmarked for a post-coronavirus economic recovery go to firms that will reduce carbon emissions.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52580291
Bosses from leading firms, they say, but that is a grotesque travesty of the truth. You might think they were titans of industry and commerce, but you would be wrong.
Unusually where open letters are concerned, the BBC don’t give any link to the letter or name its signatories. When you see the list, you will realise why.
Fortunately one of our readers has tracked it down, and this is the full list. (The link also has a copy of the letter):
Business:
Iceland Foods – Richard Walker, Managing Director
Barratt Developments plc – David Thomas, Group Chief Executive
The Body Shop – David P. Boynton, Chief Executive
Ben and Jerry’s – Anuradha Chugh, Managing Director
Social Enterprise UK – Peter Holbrook CBE, Chief Executive Officer
Triodos Bank UK – Bevis Watts, Chief Executive Officer
KeepCup – Abigail Forsyth, Executive Director
Bates Wells – Martin Bunch, Managing Partner
Good Energy – Juliet Davenport, Co-founder and CEO
Bioregional – Sue Riddlestone, CEO
Natracare – Susie Hewson, Founder and CEO
Toast Ale – Louisa Ziane, Chief Operating Officer
Olio – Ben Cullen, Managing Director
SunFresh Produce – Matt Godfroy, Founder and CEO
Too Good To Go – Jamie Crummie, Co-founder
LEAP – Matt Hocking FRSA, Co-founder
Circular Economy Club – Dr. David Greenfield, Director
Nature Friendly Farming Network – Martin Lines, Chair
Charities:
RSPB – Beccy Speight, Chief Executive
National Trust – Hilary McGrady, Director General
Wildlife Trusts – Craig Bennett, Chief Executive
Woodland Trust – Darren Moorcroft, Chief Executive
Greenpeace UK – John Sauven, Executive Director
Green Alliance – Shaun Spiers, Executive Director
Surfers Against Sewage – Hugo Tagholm, Chief Executive
Wildlife and Countryside Link – Richard Benwell, Director
Ramblers UK – Tanya Curry, Director
Keep Britain Tidy – Richard McIlwain, Deputy Chief Executive
Slow Food UK – Shane Holland, Chief Executive Officer
Marine Conservation Society – Chris Tuckett, Director of Programmes
Plantlife – Ian Dunn, Chief Executive
Buglife – Matt Shardlow, Chief Executive Officer
Institute of Fisheries Management – David Bunt, Chairman
Campaign for National Parks – Corinne Pluchino, Chief Executive
Wildfowl and Wetland Trust – Dr. James Robinson, Director
Sustrans – Xavier Brice, Chief Executive
Butterfly Conservation Trust – Julie Williams, CEO
Faith for the Climate – Canon Giles Goddard, Co-founder
CPRE The countryside charity - Crispin Truman OBE, Chief Executive
Open Spaces Society – Kate Ashbrook, General Secretary
Women’s Environmental Network – Kate Metcalf, Co-Director
The Badger Trust – Dominic Dyer, Chief Executive Officer
Rewilding Britain – Prof. Alastair Driver FCIEEM, CEO
Whale and Dolphin Conservation – Chris Butler-Stroud, CEO
Earth Watch – Steve Andrews, CEO
Bat Conservation Trust – Kit Stoner, Chief Executive
CHEM Trust – Dr. Michael Warhurt, Executive Director
Freshwater Habitats Trust – Jeremy Biggs, Co-founder and Director
Humane Society International – Claire Bass, Executive Director
Salmon and Trout Conservation – Paul Knight, Chief Executive
Shark Trust – Paul Cox, MD
Angling Trust – Jamie Cook, Chief Executive
Operation Noah – Nicky Bull, Chair
People’s Trust for Endangered Species – Jill Nelson, Chief Executive
Peterborough Environment City Trust – Stuart Dawks, CEO
One World Voice – Jaqueline Bourne, Chair
Climate Friendly Bradford and Avon – Rachel Burger, Chair
Sheffield Climate Alliance – Roscoe Blevins
Youth networks and individuals:
UK Youth 4 Nature
Bella Lack (nature writer and campaigner)
Dara McAnulty (nature writer and campaigner)
Holly Gillibrand (climate campaigner and writer)
Individuals:
Chris Packham (BBC wildlife presenter)
Deborah Meaden (business leader)
Kevin McCloud MBE (journalist and presenter)
Jerome Flynn (actor and campaigner)
https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/green-recovery-letter-to-boris-johnson
So where are all of these leading firms the BBC is crowing about?
Well, there’s Iceland, though you would hardly call them “leading”. Their MD, Richard Walker, has signed, but he is a member of Greenpeace, so his decision is doubtlessly a personal, political one. Iceland, by the way, is one of the few companies which are making money during the current crisis, as sales are booming.
The only really big company though is Barratts, and they have a vested interest in burdensome regulations, which act to squeeze out smaller competitors.
And the other “leading firms”? Well, that’s about it.
Ever heard of the Triodos Bank? No, thought not. Or Bates Wells, Olio or Toast Ale? No, me neither.
The letter is nothing more than a Greenpeace inspired publicity stunt, representing a tiny, but vociferous, clique.
The BBC article is grossly deceptive, giving the idea that UK firms are wholeheartedly behind this push to prioritise a green UK economic recovery.
And, of course, it follows articles this week from Harrabin and McGrath promoting the same agenda.
But where is the balance? Where are the interviews with captains of big business, who would prefer a recovery package which focussed on the wider economy and protected jobs and standards of living?
On the BBC? No chance!
I will be making a formal complaint to the BBC about this. It would help if they received a few more, so if you could help, follow this link:
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NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT 
Bolsheviks Bu@@37ing Children can do one.
The magic ‘buzzword’ is sustainability. By definition: “Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.”
At present there are about 8 billion stakeholders and these are the people with needs who will meet the needs of the next few billion without compromising the Earth’s resources? Nice thought, but how is that possible? Sustainable sustainability?
They are so selfless. They are not asking for any money. They merely ask that no one except them gets any money.
Sounds more like it, definitely a scam folloing on the other scam, the climate change. There is obviously much money changing hands, is Deben involved?
I don’t see WWF in that list, consistent and prominent supporter of windfarms. RSPB can’t make up their minds; they claim to protect birds but have a turbine at their headquarters. Never ceases to amaze me that so many organisations which claim to protect nature, wild life, etc. are happy to support massive environmental destruction. The companies are just brainwashed ignoramuses, like you I’ve never heard of half of them. Free publicity I suppose.
“Humanity’s future is inextricably bound to the health of our planet. No part of the world is untouched by human activity, and as we continue our destruction of nature, we make our own planet less habitable for people as well.”
Here is a history of the origins of this kind of unrealistic environmentalism.
https://tambonthongchai.com/2020/03/30/the-humans-must-save-the-planet/
Paul,
Do have a screen shot or similar of the actual letter that these people signed? I’m sure many of us would like to see the real thing in order to confront the CEOs or whoever from organisations that we are members of but who, quelle surprise, did not canvass us about supporting the stance.
Also, is it clear who drafted and/or sent the letter for the gutless CEOs to rubber-stamp?
Thanking you
The letter is on the link to the signatories, and appears to have been written by Butterfly Conservation
Thank you. As you imply the BBC reporting has gone a lot further than the original letter, especially the points about excluding polluting industries without a climate plan (whatever that’s supposed to entail) and the linkage to coronavirus recovery. It’s a vague, woolly letter but you wouldn’t know that reading the BBC reporting. The saddest part is seeing CEOs of otherwise august bodies like the Angling Trust feeling the need to sign this, even though the link to what they do is somewhat tenuous. Virtue-signalling of the worst kind and not, in my opinion, helping anyone, least of all their members (who were no doubt not canvassed on the matter before signing).
RSPB voting for more bird choppers? Unbelievable!
Invest in infrastructure, technology and skills to create jobs that help sustainability
Exclude companies in “polluting industries” that do not have a proper climate plan
Restore ecosystems on land and in our oceans by incentivising walking and cycling
Support sustainable food, farming and fishing
Swiftly pass environmental laws and bring in targets in law to restore ecosystems
Bring global leaders together to plan for a sustainable economic recovery
Word salad. Absolutely meaningless. An indictment of all that signed.
The only phrase the d*ckwad cameron used that was sensible, was to do with ignoring all the ‘GREEN CRAP’. Trust the lefty, biased bbc to chase that!
I read this article when it was released and thought it had all the hallmarks of a Green puff piece.
It reveals nothing remotely newsworthy, other than being a Green campaigners PR release. Good shout to call it out.
Dear Auntie
This article grossly misleads the public and represents the BBC’s overt, ill informed and ignorance of anything ‘green’. Whilst the COVID crisis has shut down the world, atmospheric CO2 continues to rise unabated according to information from Manua Loa research. The time is long overdue for the BBC to question the validity of hysterical claims about ‘the climate’ (no such thing, the planet is composed of various climate systems conforming to different weather patterns) and present the opinions of credible, informed, reliable scientists who do not conform to the climate panic message the BBC continually pushes. The contention that the list of business that form the basis for this article are ‘leading’ anything is dishonest. With the possible exception of Barret Homes, RSPB and Iceland (whose Chief Executive is a member of Greenpeace) the remainder of the signatories to the letter are tiny organisations and leaders of nothing. Even Iceland is a bit part player in food retail compared to Tesco/Sainsburys/Aldi/Lidl etc. and Ben&Jerry’s a single line supplier of sugar laced products to supermarkets. By no stretch of the imagination could the list of 60 organisations be considered ‘leading’ informed or influential and the BBC is negligent in it’s duty to inform the public with balanced journalism.
Submitted!
Hullo Hot Scot. Did you submit this as a Complaint? Hope so. I have just Complained that the BBC has never mentioned that U.K. only produces just over one per cent of global CO2 and that ‘tackling climate change’ is ignorant embarrassing virtue signalling. Always tick box for a reply
Yes I did mate, That’s why I followed with “Submitted”.
The UK output of manmade CO2 is said to have been calculated as only one third of 1percent of the planets
The UK output of manmade CO2 is said to have been calculated as only one third of 1percent of the planets
Why are the Charities involved? Just wondered?
Most charities have been taken over by members of the Greenblob.
O’Sullivan’s Law.
Who watched the latest Covid-19 press conference? Seems HMG’s bought into this in a big way. It’s starting yo become fifficukt to spot the join between CV-19 action and the start of preparation for Zero 50.
And it has just been announced by that fool Shapps, the Government is going to spend £2 billion, not £2 million, £2 BILLION, on promoting walking and cycling. You know what that means, more narrowing of roads, more traffic jams, more pollution.. £2 billion when the country is virtually bankrupt. That man along with the Government are total idiots and obviously on another planet.. What have we done to justify such a bunch of total incompetents to run this country?
The press have 24 hours to mull over the content of the meeting (Perhaps also coloured by social media/Talk radio comment). What are the chances that the real world will make an appearance when they get their questions in tomorrow? Not great.
Utterly maddening. Why does the government think it has £2 to waste, let alone £2 billion? We have the biggest economic downturn perhaps of all ti.e and this government behaves as if nothing is happening and it’s all going to be all right. They have no idea of the s***t that is going to hit them, particularly as we are going to be the last to get out of this lunacy.
Living in fantasyland with unicorns.
Phoenix 44 I’m sure they have a very good idea, what makes you think you’re the only one with this special knowledge. After all lefties are hammering the government for not collapsing the economy earlier. Not that any of them were demanding a strict lockdown at the start of this.
I have to disagree. Promoting walking and cycling is a good thing
So you think spending millions of public money on creating empty cycle lanes while creating queues of traffic is a good idea then? One of the effects of this is to make bus journeys slower – that has certainly happened in London.
Quite correct Keith. The City of London will become a virtual no go area for motor vehicles so good luck if you are trying to rebuild a business there. It will be in the name of social distancing but as ever government at all levels is behind the curve as reports are showing that virus transmission is an indoor mechanism, rendering on street social distancing irrelevant.
Regrettably, Keith, the answer to your question is “voted for them”.
Voted for them, but their politcal rivals may be worse
Perhaps the BBC should air Michael Moore’s Planet of Humans in a prime-time spot.
They have completely blanked it ……. no doubt another demonstration of the BBCs “impartiality” How truly sick that statement is when they push a political agenda!
The part that worries me is “Being a world leader in tackling climate change” That way means disaster on top of the pandemic disaster we have. Boris would love being a world leader in anything, spurred on by Carrie and his Pa he might be tempted.
I hear the EU have reclassified oil and gas as non-fossil fuels to make the recovery easier.
Gas is Methane, found on Jupiter and Saturn: not many fossils there, I expect!
Why not call it a Hydrocarbon?
It’s like calling Carbon Dioxide, Carbon!
How long can the government bankroll all the people with no income….support all the companies that are going bust, survive the greatest recession ever predicted by the Bank of England. Its good to know that the butterflies are going to come through this O.K. and we are going to get some cycle lanes……just need the free bicycles as we cycle to work……..Oh there is no work. no industry, no money. But we have clean air…..You could not make this up, wiil some politicians and captains of industry stand up and shout “Screw the climate change loonies we are going for survival at all costs”.
“Exclude companies in polluting industries” heh? That’s Drax f****d then along with all the other biomass troughers. Wind and solar aren’t renowned for being kind to the birds and the bees either. As for modern EV battery technology, well the sources of the magic ingredients that make them work are some of the most polluted areas on the planet. But I suppose it’s how they define ‘polluting’. Their definition is obviously at odds with the one you would find in any dictionary.
Their idea of a pollutant is carbon dioxide. They should do a search on *photosynthesis*.
The RSPB is a “leading firm”? They would do better focusing on the mass murder of birds by the worthless windmills. I have written to them three times asking for their data on bird mortality associated with wind farms and they have not replied. Seems they are contaminated by an political agenda and their attitude to the welfare of birds is subjective! It is totally unacceptable to see charities and unelected bureacrats from government quangos spouting marxism.!
“Excluding polluting companies” What legitimate company asks for other companies to be excluded unless they are whiter than white and see this as a way to steal market share. This statement has its origins in Extinction Rebellion and is far left dogma. So Iceland does not process foods, does not use plastics……the hypocrisy is awe inspiring. The marxists have got their fingers into almost every charity and it shows as they use them as platforms to spout their bankrupt ideology
I’m not surprised the Ben and Jerry’s has signed the letter as Unilever that owns the company has consistently promoted B&J as an ethical company that produces a wholesome product because that status can justify the higher prices and margins
However all is not what it seems and this article opens up some of the more suspect aspects of B&J’s operation.
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2018/07/13/495169.htm
To be fair, they do use a lot of Fair-trade suppliers but the inevitable holes have been detected in their environmental credentials.
I haven’t looked at the rest of the other companies, and maybe I won’t, but Barretts? I would be astonished if they came out as a paragon of environmental virtue.
Most of these organisations are dodgy “charities” whose main function is to collect enough cash from wherever to pay the leader and his/her cronies their £100000 plus salaries. They are all at it The Wildlife trusts have millions in the bank and on a recent visit to RSPB someone there told me that over 600 people ‘worked’ in their lovely mansion.
One of the charities, dodgy or not, is The National Trust. I’ve just cancelled my subscription. If enough people do this, will they get the message?
Bet they’re all in Harrabin’s speed dial list, and that he drafted the letter for them to sign with a guarantee of prominent publication.
It’s a disgrace that the BBC is allowed to campaign daily and prominently for the green agenda.
As ever tweeting people who are going to listen works
.. but don’t bother with people who don’t listen Harra & his CarbonBrief team
.. they won’t listen.
Thank’s George Monbiot (Guardian May 7)
now you have applied that magic smear label
“Far Right” to viewers of Michael Moore’s film
I know to stay away from it.
Or is it that the toxic “far right” label
is a an Ad Hom used when you have no proper argument ?
You are Far Right if you chose to watch the movie even though you already knew what was in it. Corollary: All witches are Far Right. Next step: All Far Right are witches.
How can it be any shade of politics? Isn’t is basically trying to be factual? It might be wrong, but then its not far right, just far wrong.
The traditional labels of Left and Right have become muddled during the one-sided climate debate. Traditionally the Left was usually thought to represent ordinary people’s interests while the Right was considered to represent the interests of those with a large share of influence, power and/or wealth.
However, the green movement (which started by representing environmental issues and supporting those with the least claim on the Earth’s wealth/resources) slowly developed a symbiotic relationship with rent-seeking crony capitalists who promised them sustainable energy generation systems provided nobody asked about the many costs! This unholy alliance between Left and economic far Right has led us to the present impasse where those who were on the Left are unaware of the extent to which they have been suborned by the economic far Right. Corporate climatism is, I am afraid, alive and kicking – and it clearly does not like its politics being exposed for what they are.
It is therefore no surprise if commentators do not (or cannot) recognise the journey they have been taken on from the political Centre or Left towards the economic far Right. The rest of us, however, need not be deceived.
Regards,
John.
You are the first person that I’ve seen here in a long time who does not see any bad policy as reds under the bed. The climate change blob are largely comfortably-off middle-class idealists who, unfortunately, are technical-sheep and believe every word in the guardian and similar middle-class rags. XR exemplifies this very well: more public school than comps!
I think that a lot of the green-crackers really really believe that they are saving the world from itself. The real villains in all this are the media moguls who have successfully prevented open discussion and debate of anything climate related.
Yes, Jack, it is not simply a matter of red on blue arguments. Also, you rightly point the finger at the media moguls – for what is the point of a free press if it is largely lazy and/or incompetent? However, we must also be critical of the political processes in the West that have allowed secret lobbying to capture the policy-making procedure. Only those with deep pockets can afford to employ lobbyists; ordinary people cannot do that. In this way the parliamentary process can be subverted; the result is, for example, very expensive energy/climate policies supported with post-normal science.
It is not that lobbying per se is wrong; after all, government needs to know what the market can offer. It is SECRET lobbying that is the culprit as it allows rent-seekers to gain the ear of government and subsequently exclude any and all contrary voices. And, according to academics, there is only one sector more susceptible to rent-seeking than the energy sector and that is the health sector. We should beware what is coming down the line!
Regards,
John.
Did you notice that comments were not opened on that Monbiot article? Look at his article list and every single one is opened up for comments without fail. So what did the Graun not want to hear?
Hello, Ray, the subtitle of Jason Stanley’s second book on propaganda is “The politics of them and us”. In other words, propagandists try to create a binary world. In the climate debate this means for the climate alarmists that “deniers” must not be allowed any oxygen of publicity. This may explain why The Guardian’s columns on this topic are not open to comment. Perhaps they have also drawn inspiration from Joseph Goebbels’ dictum that a lie told once remains a lie, but a lie told a thousand times becomes the truth.
Regards,
John.
Perhaps the most Polluting outfit in the UK (against enormous competition), is the BBC.
They incessantly pollute the country with their bare faced lies and crypto Marxist twaddle.
None of these signatories can hold a candle to the purveyors of putrid piffle – the Biased Bullshit Conveyors.
Although it will be the very last time I buy anything from Iceland.
Martin, I continue to write to the DT about the BBC’s role in the pandemic – and they fail to publish (oh well…). But, fwiw, this was my latest:
Talking of pollution:-
I’ve been keeping an eye on the air quality claims, a longer shutdown improves the picture and allows a better comparison and I will have to backtrack a bit!
I would have to concede that improvements in NOXs (but none of the other measured pollutants) at Marylebone Road (classed as roadside) London appear sustained.
Brighton Preston Park and Sheffield Devonshire Green (both classed as Urban Background) – improvements in NOXs? Possibly, slight. Nothing else.
The spiking of NOXs (almost forming a smooth curve) in the expected Gas Central Heating season and in proportion to the expected seasonal cold is still very curious – click out everything except NOXasNO2 to see clearly. It can only be GCH or seasonal weather effects surely?
https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/data-plot?site_id=BRT3&days=365
Brighton has some of the cleanest air in the UK because of the prevailing wind off the sea. The favourite hot spot is where the buses queue leaving the town centre. But the council has lost no time deciding to pedestrianise the streets and build more bike lanes.
Iceland in London Road was getting my lockdown orders and doing nicely in the epidemic. They can forget my order from now on.
Bit of a myth about clean air off the sea in Brighton. The natural sea itself actually delivers loads of what is now being measured as pollution and was once considered invigorating!
Anyway, what I showed in my previous ramblings was that Brighton air is refreshed with a N/NNE/NE direction. Unusually that had been remarkably prevalent during the lockdown period – hence the difficulty making any positive link to the lockdown rather than weather.
As well as natural pollutants, ‘off the sea’ air typically delivers Industrial/Urban Continental European air and Brighton pollution levels increase accordingly.
Also forgot to say the BRT3 air quality monitoring site is within 200M of the A23, so you would expect a reduction in traffic to be really noticeable?
Westerlies bring air from the Atlantic but southerlies can bring continental dust and particulates from as far as the Sahara. Salt deposits on windows are proof of the extent as far a half a mile from the beach. There have been some exceptionally clear days recently but others when the visibility across town was only clear for half a mile.
The beeb has been measuring up the wooden overcoat for UK, and its manufacturing sector long since and no matter that the middle kingdom causes more CO2 making our marque shirts and telecommunications paraphernalia and all, out of sight and out of minds totally.
In their dreams, frazzled beeb execs, old white men trying on multcult bling A coffin for England is what the beeb so hotly craves. and look, now that economic meltdown beckons the UK, here come the beeb undertakers to hammer down the nails of the lid.
Although, not forgetting perchance it might well be a mutual suicide pact. A word of caution to our beloved, wonderful auntie it’s all very well wishing for the destruction of England, however one cannot help but feel that, surely they bite off and kill the hand that feeds?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
A fable I find springs more and more to mind with every passing day, Jerry!
As does Pavlov and his dogs. Are we really sure that our politicians and media apparatchiks haven’t all been replaced by automatons — made in China, probably — while we weren’t paying attention?
Surely most of the people spilling out of a self-destructed BBC expect to be first in line for ‘new world order’ jobs, official news control, re-educators, bureaucrats, civil behavior and thought enforcement…. So I don’t expect they care, even if they thought that far ahead, their jobs stay the same, just a nominally different employer!
The BBC must immediately reduce its CO2 emissions to zero.
No, buying offsets is not acceptable, that would by hypocritical.
And how would it look to the rest of Britain if the BBC compromised like that?
So it must be zero CO2 emissions, absolute.
And since humans emit about 1 kg of CO2 per day that means the BBC must immediately fire all employees.
Only then would they be CO2 free.
Robots can do the work better anyway.
😉
Why do the “Tories” not listen to green-contrary realistic opinions from, e.g., Ld Nigel Lawson?
Some are happy for the green crocodile to chew on Lawson’s leg whilst they appease, they’re too stupid to realise it’s insatiable and got a lot of big hungry friends. Others are just hoping to make a killing or merely safeguard their careers/sinecures. The opposition, with the support of the BBC/MSM, have succeeded in making it politically incorrect to challenge the green dogma.
Hello, Charles Wardrop, the policy-making process may have been captured by rent-seeking lobbyists; see my comment at 5:08pm above with Jack Broughton.
Regards,
John.
For those with ‘Lockdown Fatigue’, try Googling your way through this list of ‘Leading Firms’ you’ve never heard of. A proper roll-call of the green blob, eco-loons etc. They and their leaders, WWF, FOE, Greenpeace etc., are steadily infiltrating every aspect of our daily lives, supported by a compliant MSM and our brainless politicos.
Even in lockdown, I ain’t got the time to research the aggregate turnover of this lot, but I’d bet it wouldn’t add up to that of one FTSE member – if you exclude Barratts and Iceland.
So today Boris said go back to work if you can but avoid public transport. Walk, cycle or…………….use your car!!!! Strewth imagine the righteous indignation from the green blob about that latter recommendation.