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Frack & G.O. in Tatton
Across the street from George Osborne’s constituency office is a village green on a roundabout where teams of Greenpeace activists have constructed a huge mock-up fracking operation – presumably to...
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Treasury Kick Back at Greenpeace G.O. O.G.
Team Osborne are kicking back at this morning’s Greenpeace fracking stunt. Occupying his constituency office seems to have backfired somewhat; a Treasury source tells Guido: “we are happy for...
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Peter Lilley Adds Huhne to His Little List
A belter of a quote in CWF’s Forward magazine today: “Huhne’s greatest offence was not having his hands on the wheel but putting his foot on the brake of shale gas.” He always had a way with words…...
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John Hayes Moved From Energy to Number 10
Important changes in Number 10 this morning: no nonsense self-styled personification of blue-collar conservatism John Hayes is to become the PM’s senior party adviser. Presumably to deal with...
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Ed Davey Tries to Shut Down Climate Change Debate, Again
When the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change isn’t telling newspapers what they can and cannot write relating to his brief, he just goes for out and out abuse of his opponents. Here is...
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Berger’s Climate Change Whopper
“David Cameron hasn’t spoken about climate change for three years” screeches the headline of Luciana Berger’s particularly weak piece for the Staggers today. Just the one problem: she is talking...
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How Much Do You Pay in Energy Taxes?
Your average gas and electricity bill has you paying £192 a year in taxes. Bad enough, you would have thought. If we carry on down the same road average bills will rocket to £1,883 by 2020 and £2,920...
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Dave’s Jumper Stance Unravels
Number 10 are doing their best to unpick the jumper argument. A strong clarification from them this lunchtime: “It is entirely false to suggest the PM would advise people they should wear jumpers to...
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Labour Steal Flagship Tory Policy
Cute of Npower to whack up energy prices by 10.4% on the day a new £16 billion nuclear plant is announced. Up stepped Labour’s Tom Greatrex to have a moan on Sky, no coincidence that he was sporting a...
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SKETCH: Nuclear Meltdown of LibDem Principles
The Lib Dem mutant formerly known as Ed Davey stood up to make his announcement. The extra organ he had grown in order to accept and promote the use of nuclear power – he kept that under his shirt....
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What Ed Davey Used to Say About Nuclear Power
Ed Davey has been cleaning up his website of any awkward things he might have said before he was Energy secretary. Like when he launched the LibDem energy policy in 2006, under the headline “Say No to...
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Don Foster’s Afternoon Whip Around
New LibDem chief whip Don Foster should learn when to keep his mouth shut. While topping up his legendary booze cabinet in Westminster Tesco’s early yesterday afternoon, a far from salubrious looking...
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VICTORY: Cameron Promises to “Roll Back” Green Taxes
Guido has spent the last few weeks arguing for green energy tax cuts. This is Green Ed’s cost of living crisis, so it makes sense for the Tories to bin their commitment to these taxes now, and let...
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PMQs SKETCH: No More Ladies’ Tennis
What very different reactions to PMQs. Some scored it all Miliband’s way, I gave it half and half, sophisticated pollsters registered everything in between and at either end. It was, we can agree,...
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Mad Al’s Scottish Power Trip
Guido was wondering how long it would take for Alastair Campbell’s outside interests to crop up now he is back helping out Miliband. Turns out just a few hours. Labour have wasted no time sticking the...
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Cam and Clegg’s Own Energy Con
Dave is aiming to halve green levies, so says the Times splash this morning. Delve a little deeper though and this may not be the good news it seems. In order to satisfy Clegg, Cameron is considering...
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SKETCH: Energy Committee Lacking Energy, Power, Illumination
You’d pay quite a levy or premium on your fuel bill to wipe the smirk off their management faces. It wasn’t a grilling. Parliament couldn’t afford the fuel. It was a little light poaching. It was...
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Davey Pockets Private Jet Cash as Holiday Tax Soars
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey recently encountered some turbulence when his department were exposed as hypocrites for making air travel more expensive for holiday goers while charging...
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Last Person to Leave Venezuela Please Turn Out the Lights
Over in free and prosperous Venezuela last night, moderate and reasonable President Maduro addressed the nation on television. As he laid out his socialist vision of glorious revolution and the bright...
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Ed Admitted Cost of Living Would Be Increased By His PoliciesWilling to “Lose...
Ed Miliband admitted in 2009 that his green taxes would have a direct negative effect on the cost of living. When pushed by Andrew Marr about the impact of green measures “on the price of energy” and...
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