Nigel Farage has demanded the Government ends its drive for Net Zero.
The Reform UK leader said the policy is at the root of many of the country’s problems, which includes the plight of British Steel.
He branded it a “mass wave of idiocy” as he spoke to Christopher Hope outside the Commons.
Asked if net zero is “unravelling”, he said: “Everyone can see how ludicrous it is. There’s a perfectly good anthracite mine in Cumbria that could produce this coal.
Nigel Farage said a 'mass wave of idiocy' has engulfed Parliament
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“When we were there in Scunthorpe in the week, they said they would much rather be using Cumbrian coal than be shipping it in from the other side of the world.
“In some ways I think what’s really happening is the public are waking up to how stupid these policies are. This mass wave of idiocy has overtaken all.”
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British Steel in ScunthorpeGB NEWSChopper put it to Nigel that the policies are in place not so much for current times, but instead for future generations who could pay the price for a glut of carbon emissions.
“This makes no blooming difference at all”, Nigel hit back.
“If you look at when Redcar closed down in 2015, a big steel plant, 2,800 jobs, it closes and that firm announces the next day they’re opening in India and they’ll ship the products back to Newcastle.
“That makes CO2 worse, not better. Net zero by the time of the next election could be the next Brexit.”
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Nigel Farage has previously called for a referendum on net zero. Asked if he will be campaigning for this once more, he said: “I was just teasing them.
“This could be the next Brexit. What I mean by that is where the political class are just hopelessly out of touch with where the rest of the country is.”
Nigel spoke on a highly unusual day for MPs as they assembled in Parliament to debate the future of British Steel.
Negotiations between ministers and the Chinese Jingle Group, who bought British Steel five years ago, have reached an impasse leaving the two blast furnaces at Scunthorpe on the brink.
The imminent closure of the plant has resulted in the Government taking drastic action with the risk of losing Britain’s last steel manufacturer proving too much to bear for Keir Starmer and co.
Officials have approved funding for a 55,000-ton coal consignment from Japan in an effort to keep Britain’s last virgin steel plant running.
It comes months after Energy Secretary Ed Miliband had spelt the end of coal mines in Britain to “send a signal to the world” on climate change.
