Miliband Accused of Breaking Ministerial Code Over Approval of Dale Vince Solar Farm
Ed Miliband has been accused of breaking the Ministerial Code after his department approved an application for a solar farm owned by the millionaire Labour donor Dale Vince. The Telegraph has the story.
Last week, the Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero signed off on Heckington Fen Solar Park, a 524-hectare solar farm in Lincolnshire, which is owned by Ecotricity, Mr Vince’s green energy company.
Ecotricity has donated £5.4 million to Labour since 2021, making Mr Vince one of the party’s most prominent business backers.
Nick Timothy, the Tory MP and Assistant Whip, has written to Sir Keir Starmer’s ethics adviser, urging him to investigate Mr Miliband.
In a letter to Sir Laurie Magnus, the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards, Mr Timothy pointed to a clause in the Ministerial Code that states no conflict should arise or “could reasonably be perceived to arise” between Ministers’ duties and private interests.
He wrote: “It seems clear that there is indeed such a conflict in this decision, and beyond doubt that it ‘could reasonably be perceived’ that a conflict has arisen, given the financial support given to Mr Miliband’s party by the applicant.
“Did Mr Miliband seek your advice on how to avoid or manage the perception of a conflict in making this decision? Did he seek the advice of his permanent secretary?”
Mr Timothy, the MP for West Suffolk, claimed the Energy Secretary had “fallen short” of public expectations, telling the Telegraph: “It is difficult to see how Ed Miliband has not broken the Ministerial Code in making this decision, which benefits a significant Labour donor.
“There is no case for constructing these giant solar and battery farms on agricultural land, but Miliband’s Net Zero zealotry means more of these monstrosities are heading for rural communities.
“The Government has questions to answer not only about its links to Dale Vince but also about the absurdity of this rush to intermittent and unreliable renewables.”
The Energy Department said it was Lord Hunt, a Minister, and not Mr Miliband who was responsible for signing off on the solar farm.
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Money laundering doesn’t get more blatant than Dale Vince.
I would just love to see these two in trouble. They seem to think that if it’s in the open then it’s all OK. As you say it’s blatant, and it’s corruption. Jail for both of them.
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Yes, and fast, before the Labour Party does an Ecclestone and just hands the money back ‘Sorry, mistake, lessons will be learnt’
Ecclestone had stitched them up beautifully!
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An excellent article from Dr Roger Watson extolling all that is right about Victor Orban’s Hungary…
https://thenewconservative.co.uk/brilliant-budapest/
“You don’t have to be a raving Islamophobe to know that these things are wrong, and that it also wrong to see areas of our major cities handed over to and under the control of an alien population who follow a religion that is antithetical to our way of life. No such problem here in Budapest.
Budapest is visually stunning. Divided into Buda and Pest by the Danube, both sides of the city are beautiful to look at from the other side of the river. At night the effect is enhanced by the spotlighting on the buildings. The lighting is copious, bright and well directed to the main architectural features. No worries, apparently, about trivial matters such as carbon footprints and global warming, which have hamstrung the United Kingdom. Hungary is out and proud about its capital city.”
I love that upper paragraph.
Hungary was once part of the Ottoman empire. They don’t want any of that back.
Follow the money. Any queries, Lord Deben, erstwhile CEO of the Climate Claptrap Committee, can advise from decades of experience.
Overpowering stench of green corruption of science, eco-business and the energy networks fundamental to the modern world. Hydrocarbons and nuclear do the business 24/7, breezes and sunbeams don’t. That’s all there is to it. Energy imposters can’t fake it.
Meanwhile lawyerly Sir Two Tier shows no public inkling of the gravity of the Energy Crime Against Humanity being pulled off by his appointed Minister for Energy Insecurity. Lawyer who knows the human rights of everything and the moral value of nothing.
Over to the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards to apply the whitewash. Move on, nothing to see here.
A full and deep investigation is needed into the Milliband family finances
The Tories cannot complain about installing solar panels on farmland. Most of Hallard Fen, aka Needham Drive, etc in Cambridgeshire was covered by solar panels under the Tories.
My father was among a number of local farmers who once produced a great deal of food from there.
Go there now. Very few fields of crops left. The road has been broken up so walking is difficult and even 4×4 vehicle drivers need to take care.
The contrast with years ago could not be more stark. Then, farmers used to bid for the right to mow the verges to make hay for animal feed. Now it is piles of Council Road sweepings, scraggy unkempt bushes and self sown trees. And mud.
I have no idea who this slimy looking character is but no doubt he is some sort of emblem of modern Britain. In the run up to the general election in 2010 the Conservatives did some canvassing to find out the most trustworthy celebrities in England and they found that they were Simon Cowell and Jeremy Clarkson. These were the voices that were trusted the most. I am saying that this situation requires immediate attention. If you can’t see this then the bodysnatchers have got you already.