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

Across Rotherham and Doncaster, something extraordinary is happening. For once, every Labour MP representing affected communities has stood up and said “no” to the vast Whitestone Solar Farm development.Sarah Champion (Rotherham) has issued a clear objection, warning that the loss of productive farmland and precious green space will be devastating for her constituents. Jake Richards…

In May 2011, the UK Government quietly made one of the most consequential decisions in modern history.It legally adopted the Fourth Carbon Budget (2023–2027) — a commitment to slash emissions by 50% compared to 1990 levels. This wasn’t just another green policy. It locked the entire country into a Net Zero pathway, setting off a…

Britain is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis. Energy bills are already unaffordable for millions, yet the unelected Climate Change Committee (CCC) is quietly pushing a policy that could make things far worse. Their plan isn’t complicated — but it’s cruel. The CCC wants to shift “policy costs” off electricity bills and onto gas…

He frequently highlights flood risk as a major concern, especially after high-profile storms like Storm Babet. He’s expressed sympathy for affected residents and called for “stronger investment in flood resilience.” In public statements, he frames this as part of a “just transition” — protecting communities while decarbonising the economy. 👉 It’s a good soundbite. But…

How much landscape are we willing to sacrifice in the name of Net Zero targets?Are we properly weighing actual carbon benefit against environmental damage?Why is nuclear — particularly modern, small modular reactor (SMR) technology — being sidelined while our countryside is carved apart? These are the questions that too few politicians, developers, and media voices…

In September 2025, Doncaster Council passed a clear and unambiguous motion: > “Solar farms should not be built on agricultural land. Solar energy development should prioritise rooftops, car parks, and brownfield sites.” The vote was cross-party, reflecting a shared understanding that Doncaster’s farmland is not a disposable commodity. It’s the backbone of local food security,…

For years, politicians have promised that “big batteries” will back up wind and solar, giving us clean, cheap, secure energy.But when you strip away the slogans and look at the facts, this is nothing more than a dangerous illusion.Batteries don’t generate a single watt of power.They just buy electricity from the grid, then sell it…

When a government starts instructing business leaders on what to say, it’s rarely a sign of strength. This week, Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, urged Britain’s leading CEOs to “talk up the UK economy” warning that if they didn’t, they risk helping Nigel Farage and Reform UK into Downing Street. This was not…

The Doncaster floods of 2007 were among the worst inland flooding disasters in modern South Yorkshire history.In late June 2007, following weeks of exceptionally heavy rainfall, rivers across South Yorkshire burst their banks , including the River Don, River Dearne, and Ea Beck. Doncaster was one of the areas hit hardest, with widespread flooding that…

The growing revolt against Net Zero delusion At the Conservative Party Conference’s Think Tent this week, a heavyweight panel — Harry Wilkinson (GWPF), Andy Mayer (IEA), Kathryn Porter (Watt-Logic) and Lord Offord (Shadow Minister for Energy Security & Net Zero) — tackled a question that grows more urgent by the day: Can Britain survive Ed…

By Shane Oxer – Energy Commentator 🗞️ Editorial Summary Spain and Portugal’s 2025 blackout exposed a truth the EU would rather gloss over: a renewables-heavy grid without sufficient inertia is a grid on the edge. As voltage swings return, experts warn that Europe’s rapid green transition has outpaced the physical limits of its power systems…

Cornwall Council has just delivered the biggest admission yet that the United Kingdom’s race to Net Zero is built on wishful thinking, not practical reality. After years of boasting about being “first to zero,” Cornwall has quietly delayed its Net Zero target by fifteen years — shifting from an impossible 2030 goal to a still-ambitious…

While Europe quietly fixes its energy mess, Britain continues to drift deeper into crisis under ideological obsession. The recent relaunch of Denmark’s Tyra gas field is a wake-up call — one the UK government, led by Ed Miliband and his Net Zero acolytes, seems determined to ignore. Tyra, the largest gas field in the Danish…

Seventeen years after the 2008 Climate Change Act, Britain still hasn’t solved the most basic problem in its energy transition: where reliable power will actually come from. Ministers talk endlessly about Net Zero and renewables, but ignore the single biggest barrier to energy security — a grid starved of stable baseload generation. If the UK…

The Data Centre Paradox New research from Foxglove and Global Action Plan has exposed one of the most devastating contradictions in Britain’s so-called “green revolution.” Just ten new UK data centres could generate 2.7 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year — effectively erasing the carbon savings of every electric vehicle on Britain’s roads in…

Eight centuries ago, English barons forced King John to sign the Magna Carta — a promise that no ruler could treat the realm as private property.It enshrined a simple idea: the King was not above the people.Today, that principle has been quietly undone. Under the banner of Net Zero, the same ancient pattern has returned…

Britain is staring down the barrel of a new energy crisis, and this time it isn’t about Putin, oil prices, or the price of gas. The problem is far closer to home. Our electricity grid — the physical wires, substations, and transformers that keep the lights on — is falling apart. Much of the backbone…

South Yorkshire has been ravaged by industrialisation for more than a century.Mines, foundries, steelworks, glassworks all once the beating heart of Britain’s progress, but also the source of pollution that choked our air and scarred our land. When the mines closed, when the coking plants and furnaces finally fell silent, people here were left to…

For years, Britain’s elites told us that Net Zero was destiny ,the moral, financial and technological path to prosperity. Banks would fund it, unions would defend it, and engineers would deliver it. That story ended on 3 October 2025, when the Net Zero Banking Alliance , the crown jewel of Mark Carney’s green-finance empire ,voted…