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Well, it had to happen sometime. Finally knocking Gregory Carlin off his perch as long-term Wanker of the Week(s), we give you Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and brother to our very own Millipede, Westminster's creepiest crawler. Wow, two prats for the price of one! Not only did Brain-dead Ed stoop remarkably low by endorsing by his presence the dreadful new film "Age of Stupid", he has also joined the ranks of the loony green know-alls who send death threats to Global Warming sceptics, or demand that Viscount Monckton and Christopher Booker should be locked up for not adopting the desired and fashionable attitude of supine acceptance, bowing before the Great God Man-made Climate Change and sending a tithe of one-tenth of all our salaries to Al Gore His Prophet. In a speech that infuriated rural campaigners, Ed Miliband said the Government should be tougher in pushing through controversial wind turbine schemes. He claimed that opposing wind farms is as 'socially unacceptable' as not wearing a seatbelt or failing to stop at a zebra crossing. His comments came as environmentalists said the massive expansion of onshore wind farms was threatening some of Britain's best-loved countryside. Around 7,000 new wind turbines have been planned for the UK over the next 12 years to meet European targets on greenhouse gas emissions. More than half are expected to be built onshore and, because turbines are most efficient on high land, many are being proposed for unspoilt mountains, moors and hillsides. Campaigns by locals have delayed or stopped the creation of many farms but the Government is introducing new planning rules to push through such large-scale projects. Tory spokesman Greg Clark hit the nail on the head when he said 'Hectoring people and ordering them what to think sums up the whole attitude of this Labour government to the people it was elected to serve. It is the very last way to build support for renewable energy, which must be done by working with communities, not against them.' Mr Miliband's comments came as two reports fuelled the row over wind turbines. One - by a coalition of campaigners including the CPRE - warned that vast swathes of Britain's most beautiful countryside could be blighted. It said energy companies were planning overhead cables across miles of countryside to connect planned onshore and offshore wind farms and nuclear power stations. Lines of pylons could cross Snowdonia National Park and areas of outstanding natural beauty in Anglesey, Kent, Lincolnshire and Somerset. Green Belt land around London and in Derbyshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Somerset and North Yorkshire could also be affected. The report said offshore wind farms should be connected with underground cables and new, less-intrusive pylons. But a second report, from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, called for an expansion of onshore wind farms and said far more could be built without harming wildlife. The conservation charity said climate change was threatening many bird species with extinction. But then they would say that, wouldn't they? And the beauty of it is they don't have to prove it or even present any evidence at all in order to be taken seriously as the Green Juggernaut rolls onward, crushing us all in its path. So, Ed Miliband, you are our new Wanker of the Week. But we'd like you to share just a little of the glory with the RSPB who have seen that they can make themselves look ever so much more important by cosying up to the big guns. Bastards. The GOS says: But before we say a fond farewell to the lunatic Gregory Carlin, we'd just like to share with you the wonderful news that according to at least one of our correspondents, Carlin is currently being investigated by the police. Oh, good. either on this site or on the World Wide Web. Copyright © 2008 The GOS This site created and maintained by PlainSite |
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