{"id":141264,"date":"2023-09-13T22:41:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141264"},"modified":"2023-09-13T22:41:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:41:06","slug":"union-boss-gary-smith-dismisses-labours-green-energy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/union-boss-gary-smith-dismisses-labours-green-energy-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Union boss Gary Smith dismisses Labour&apos;s green energy policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Union boss Gary Smith dismisses Labour&#8217;s green energy policy as &#8216;impossible&#8217; and says the Left has been &#8216;hoodwinked&#8217; into backing renewables<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gary Smith, leader of the GMB said Keir Starmer&#8217;s net zero pledge is not feasible<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span>Mr Smith also criticised\u00a0Sadiq Khan&#8217;s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) scheme<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A union boss has dismissed Labour&#8217;s green energy policy as &#8216;impossible&#8217; and argues the Left has been &#8216;hoodwinked&#8217; into backing renewables.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Smith, leader of the GMB \u2013 one of Labour&#8217;s biggest donors \u2013 says Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s pledge to have a net-zero electricity system by 2030 is not feasible.<\/p>\n<p>He told The Spectator it was &#8216;impossible&#8217;, saying: &#8216;It cannot be done. The National Grid can&#8217;t get [undersea] cables. There are four suppliers of cables in the globe, they&#8217;re all booked out to 2030.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Smith added: &#8216;The renewables lobby is very wealthy and powerful. I think people on the Left, for good intentions, have got hoodwinked into a lot of this.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Labour leader Sir Keir has said that he wants a net-zero carbon electricity system by 2030, along with no more licences for North Sea oil and gas drilling.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Smith has also criticised the Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) scheme introduced by London&#8217;s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan which was blamed for the party&#8217;s failure to win the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election this summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/22\/75404385-0-Gary_Smith_leader_of_the_GMB_one_of_Labour_s_biggest_donors_says-m-98_1694641412449.jpg\" height=\"489\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Smith, leader of the GMB \u2013 one of Labour&#8217;s biggest donors \u2013 says Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s pledge to have a net-zero electricity system by 2030 is not feasible<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/13\/22\/75404497-0-image-m-97_1694641303460.jpg\" height=\"521\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Labour leader Sir Keir has said that he wants a net-zero carbon electricity system by 2030, along with no more licences for North Sea oil and gas drilling<\/p>\n<p>His intervention, during this week&#8217;s Trade Union Congress (TUC) conference in Liverpool, will come as a blow to Sir Keir&#8217;s plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Smith described the green levies that have added \u00a3170 a year to household bills as a modern-day poll tax, saying it was &#8216;disproportionately paid for by the poorest&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The poor pay the same as everybody else. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you&#8217;re in a leaky, freezing council house,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He lamented the green jobs that successive governments since Tony Blair&#8217;s had promised but not delivered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And he also criticised Labour, which the GMB is affiliated to, saying: &#8216;A party for labour \u2013 the clue&#8217;s in the name \u2013 should be focusing on how we create jobs.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Smith added that while Sir Keir and Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves were talking about jobs, he had less faith in climate change spokesman Ed Miliband. &#8216;The realities [he] is going to confront will force him to listen to&#8230; working people.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12515711\/Union-boss-Gary-Smith-dismisses-Labours-green-energy-policy-impossible-says-Left-hoodwinked-backing-renewables.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union boss Gary Smith dismisses Labour&#8217;s green energy policy as &#8216;impossible&#8217; and says the Left has been &#8216;hoodwinked&#8217; into backing renewables Gary Smith, leader of the GMB said Keir Starmer&#8217;s net zero pledge is not feasible Mr Smith also criticised\u00a0Sadiq Khan&#8217;s Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) scheme A union boss has dismissed Labour&#8217;s green energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Union boss Gary Smith dismisses Labour&amp;apos;s green energy policy - Celebrity-hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/union-boss-gary-smith-dismisses-labours-green-energy-policy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union boss Gary Smith dismisses Labour&amp;apos;s green energy policy - Celebrity-hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Union boss Gary Smith dismisses Labour&#8217;s green energy policy as &#8216;impossible&#8217; 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