Nevertheless, Starmer appointed eco-zealot Ed Miliband to the job of Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, even though you can’t have both energy security AND Net Zero.
It’s little wonder, then, almost everyone in Britain welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement that he would raise defence spending from 2.3 per cent of GDP up to 2.5 per cent by 2027 with a plan to hike it to three per cent from 2030 if Labour is re-elected, slashing foreign aid in favour of spending that cash on warships and guns instead.
But Britain doesn’t just face a choice between Net Zero and energy security — the choice is between Net Zero and our national security.
That’s precisely what Sir Keir Starmer attempted to do this week, with his announcement about a boost to defence spending and his trip to Washington DC to meet Donald Trump and discuss a security guarantee for Ukraine.
Labour’s insistence on moving to expensive and unreliable renewable energy means we will become ever more reliant on imported energy, placing us at the mercy of other countries for our electricity, gas and home-grown production of vital goods, including the warships, fighter jets and guns we need to defend our national interests.
