Category: The fight against the destruction of our farms and greenbelt

How a movement founded on protecting life came to justify harm, sacrifice truth, and abandon the people it claimed to serve.There was a time when environmentalism spoke plainly about life , about clean air, safe water, healthy soil, and the responsibility to protect both people and the natural world from reckless destruction. It was a…

Scotland is once again being told it is at the forefront of the global energy transition. The announcement of a new 500-megawatt battery storage project near Eccles has been greeted with enthusiastic headlines claiming it could “power up to a million homes.” It is an appealing soundbite, but one that risks misleading the public at…

There is now a widening gap between Britain’s climate ambitions and the physical reality of its electricity system. That gap is no longer theoretical. It is being felt on the ground. in planning committees, in rural communities, and across the electricity network itself. The problem is not a lack of ambition. It is a lack…

Chapter 1.6 – Conclusion: A Parliament in Chains The opening chapter of this book has traced the long arc of Britain’s journey from industrial sovereignty to energy subjugation. It began with coal , the material bedrock of Britain’s rise to global power and ended with the Climate Change Act of 2008, which enshrined in law…

Chapter 1.5 – International Entanglements: How Britain Surrendered Energy Sovereignty Abroad From the outside, the Climate Change Act of 2008 looked like a bold piece of domestic legislation — the first of its kind in the world, binding an entire nation to legally enforceable carbon budgets. But in reality, it was the culmination of decades…

Chapter 1 Section 1.4 – The Quango State and the Permanent Bureaucracy When Parliament passed the Climate Change Act in 2008, it did more than commit Britain to decarbonisation. It effectively outsourced the delivery of that agenda to a parallel state of quangos, regulators, and statutory bodies whose authority often eclipsed that of elected ministers.…

Chapter 1 Section 1.3 – From Cameron to Net Zero: Ratchet Politics in Action The passage of the Climate Change Act in 2008 should have sparked debate in the years that followed. The financial crash had exposed deep fragility in Britain’s economy, the decline of heavy industry was accelerating, and households were already facing higher…

Chapter 1 Section 1.2 – The Climate Change Act: Britain’s New Constitution If the destruction of coal and industry was the dismantling of Britain’s old energy sovereignty, then the Climate Change Act of 2008 was the construction of a new constitutional order. It was not simply a piece of environmental legislation; it was a law…

For years, people who live close to the land have said what polite policy circles laughed off: Britain’s seasons are drifting. Spring feels late. Summer peaks after the “summer” we’re told to plan around. Autumn lingers. Winter arrives in its own time. Now a major paper in Nature has put hard science behind that lived…

On 16 December 2025, Doncaster Council’s Planning Committee made a decision that matters far beyond one village and one application. The proposed Marr Solar Farm was unanimously rejected, not because councillors were hostile to renewable energy, but because they refused to accept a poorly grounded reinterpretation of planning policy.At the heart of the case was…

Thank you to everyone who has supported us throughout the year. Your voices, determination, and commitment have made a real difference. As we look ahead, we welcome all who wish to stand with us in our continued fight against Mad Ed and the damaging Net Zero agenda. Together, we will keep challenging bad policy, defending…

Grid sprawl is not a neutral outcome of decarbonisation.It is the physical manifestation of a policy choice made by the CCC to lock in high energy demand by assumption, rather than explore and test demand reduction and behavioural change.Understanding this link is essential when assessing whether large-scale grid infrastructure is truly necessary — or simply…

Despite sustained pressure from the council executive to approve the Marr Farm solar proposal, local councillors stood firm and rejected the scheme unanimously. Councillors upheld the clear motion against large-scale solar development on productive farmland, refusing to be swayed by repeated assurances and persuasion from the executive, including Debbie Hogg and others. This decision reflects…

For years the public has been told that Net Zero is not only necessary, but affordable — that any short-term pain will be outweighed by long-term savings. That claim has now been fatally undermined by the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) own Economic Annex to its Future Energy Scenarios. When examined closely, the data reveals…

For years the public has been told that Net Zero is not only necessary, but affordable — that any short-term pain will be outweighed by long-term savings. That claim has now been fatally undermined by the National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) own Economic Annex to its Future Energy Scenarios. When examined closely, the data reveals…

The Marr Farm solar proposal reveals a growing problem in the planning system: policy is not being openly breached, but re-interpreted just far enough to reach a pre-determined outcome. In this case, productive agricultural land is re-described as “grey”, grid uncertainty is waved away as “non-material”, and planning benefits are treated as certain even where…

For years, the public has been told that ever-cheaper solar power would automatically lead to lower electricity bills, a cleaner system, and energy security. That assumption is now quietly unravelling. Even mainstream financial commentators are acknowledging that ultra-cheap solar comes with significant hidden costs. Costs that do not disappear, but are instead transferred onto the…

How NESO’s Own Documents Prove the UK Is Wasting Money on Undeliverable Power By Shane Oxer — Campaigner for fairer and affordable energy The most shocking thing about Britain’s failing energy strategy is this: The people in charge admit it isn’t working.They admit the grid cannot handle the power being built.They admit billions more must…

(A blog post by Shane Oxer — Campaigner for fairer and affordable energy) Britain is being told that the new National Energy System Operator — NESO — represents a clean break from the past: a modern, independent system architect that will plan the electricity network for decades ahead. But this is a political illusion, not…