ENERGY INDUSTRY ‘FACES COLLAPSE – Over Miliband’s delusional net zero plan
Britain’s energy industry faces collapse thanks to Labour’s “chaotic and needless” rundown of the oil and gas sector, one of its biggest union backers has warned.
Louise Gilmour, Scotland secretary of the GMB union, says “delusional” net zero policies championed by Ed Miliband are causing “arguably the most destructive industrial calamity in our nation’s history”.
Ms Gilmour directly attacks Mr Miliband over the “dismal” effects of his policies, which are killing British jobs and creating jobs in China for the ever growing number of wind farms the Government insists on building.
She has backed a new report that says Britain will permanently lose its energy independence unless there is a major shift in Government policy.
It puts Labour on a collision course with its third-biggest union backer, which donates £1m a year to the party.
The GMB has previously warned that Mr Miliband’s rush to net zero is costing jobs, but this is the most scathing attack to date on the Government by the union, which has 560,000 members.
