The Greens promised to push Labour to be more radical but are instead acting how they always have: pro nimby, anti-environment.
I didn’t vote Green, obviously. If I had, I imagine I’d be pretty angry that pretty much their first act having quadrupled their number of MPs was to oppose green development.
That’s the problem: there has been a consultation, but he’s opposed anyway and is deploying the classic nimby tactic of asking for yet more consultations!
Building pylons is absolutely necessary and non-negotiable if we are going to decarbonise the grid — indeed, in some ways, it’s the hardest bit.