Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ Tori eṇji rbełn: gt rid v ɖ onśor-wind ban
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 28 Nov. 2022)
Riśi Sūnac z les cnsrnd abt hvñ a propr clîṃtpoḷsi ɖn biyñ ǎtflanct bî Nîjl F’rāź’z reḟrendm on net ziro
Munde 28 Nvmbr 2022
Ɖ lésn fṛm ɖ paṛbl v onśor wind z ɖt Riśi Sūnac lacs oʈoṛti, creḍbiḷti or îdnṭfaybl poḷsiz in ci eriaz. H apirz t hv fy cor b’lifs ɖt h z wilñ t stand p fr, n lcs incrisñli vulnṛbl t dtrmind grūps v reblz on hiz ǒn bacbnćz. Bî bacñ dǎn ovr an ifctiv ban on land-best windmilz, h hz U-trnd twîs in les ɖn a wīc on ɖ leṿlñ-up n rījeṇreśn bil. Last Tyzde’z voltfās cem aftr duznz v Tori MPz ʈretnd t dfî him ovr hǎsbildñ targits. Hiz rvrsl ovr windpǎr on Munde cem aftr hiz prīdisesrz Boris Jonsn n Liz Trus ynîtd agnst him.
Ɖ bloc on bildñ land-best windfarmz in Ñgḷnd z absrd. Wind z brññ dǎn ɖ cost v bilz az YC hǎsholdz fes ɖ bigist cost-v-livñ rîz in a jeṇreśn. It hlps rdys carbn imiśnz n dpndns on foṛn eṇji imports. Poulñ sjsts onśor windtrbînz t b popylr wɖ ɖ jenṛl public – wɖ no los in s’port fṛm ɖoz livñ clos t ɖ ẃś v ɖ bled. Yt jrñ ɖ Tori līdrśp-ilex́n campen in ɖ sumr, ẃć h lost t Mz Trus, Mr Sūnac plejd t cīp ɖ ban on onśor windfarmz bcz v ɖ “dstres n dsrupśn” ɖe cd cōz t locl rezidnts. Mr Sūnac’s poḷsi ɖen wz abt telñ ɖ mostli eldrli, suɖn, mel Tori partimembrz ẃt ɖe wontd t hír. YGuv in Jlî sjstd onli 4% v ɖm ʈt net ziro śd b a prîoṛti.
Wns in ofis, n fesñ a rvolt v cabiṇtministrz az wel az bacbnćrz, Mr Sūnac hz dsîdd t rlax ɖ ban – bt nt bî mć. Ɖ prîm̦inistr sīmz lîcli t instōl a rstrictiv planñreźīm ɖt riscs blocñ grīn-eṇji dveḷpmnts n cīpñ bilz hî. Ɖ onśor-windfarm ban svîvz smẃt intact bcz v ɖ vxt poḷtics v ɖ Ñgliś rît. Cnsrṿtiv acṭvists n Tori MPz r cnsrnd abt biyñ ǎtflanct bî rîtwñ popylists hu tred in clîṃt dnaylizm n r ataćt t a trbîn-fri lanscep. Ɖs añzayti z hîtnd bî rports ɖt Nîjl F’rāź, hu z ajtetñ fr a reḟrendm on net ziro, z ayñ p a rtrn t fruntlîn poḷtics.
Wɖ Mr Sūnac in ćarj, Britn endz p in hóc t hiz parti’z wrst instñts. Lebr’z Ed Miḷband z rît t cōl fr ɖ scrapñ v ɖ onśor-wind ban cmplitli. Ɖ cuntri hz sufrd bcz s’xesiv Cnsrṿtiv guvnmnts hv “cut ɖ grīn crap” ovr ɖ past deced. An anaḷsis bî Carbn Brīf śoz ɖt olmst ol v ɖ eṇji rqîrmnt fṛm ɖ YC’z net import v Ruśn gas in 2021 cd hv bn met f ɖ cuntri hd cntinyd t ad land-best wind trbînz at historicl rets. Ɖ probḷm wɖ Mr Sūnac z ɖt h dz nt hv an ajnda ɖt ćîmz wɖ Britiś public opińn. Ɖ prîm̦inistr’z straṭji z t mudl ʈru n hop fr ɖ bst. Britn z in ɖ mdst v multipl crîsīz. Mr Sūnac hz onli bn in Dǎnñ Strīt fr a munʈ bt h hz olrdi xpozd hǎ ɖt aproć hz rīćt its limits at ɖ hart v guvnmnt.
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