The Danish Government has put a carbon tax on farmers who will pay the equivalent of £34.04 per ton of emitted CO2 by 2030, increasing to £85.11 per ton by 2035.
A basic deduction of 60 per cent would be applied to the average emissions from different types of livestock, providing an economic advantage to climate-efficient farmers.
Peter Kiaer, chairman of Danish Agriculture group Baeredygtigt Landbrug, which was not involved in the negotiations, said: “We believe that the agreement is pure bureaucracy, which is totally unnecessary. We recognise that there is a climate problem, which Danish farmers will help solve. But this will not solve the problems, because it will put a stick in the wheel of agriculture’s green investments.”
It looks as if several British environmental groups have already picked up on this and are even now lobbying the Labour Government to follow suit. No doubt this will become another ‘stick’ with which to hit livestock farmers.
It is reported that David Miliband is becoming increasingly isolated from his fellow ministers as they recognise what a dog’s breakfast he is making of his ‘Environmental’ brief, details of which are regularly reported in the press.
Sue Gray has received much attention with headlines such as: ‘Meet the woman who really runs Britain’, and ‘PM kept in Dark by aide Sue Gray’. Considering they are both about as unpopular as each other, and out of touch with reality, this matter should cause the British public a great deal of concern.
Sue Gray we must not forget conducted the ‘investigation’ into what Boris did or didn’t do during lock down. As was clear at the time because she said so, she had decided even before her investigation, that she would find the then PM guilty whatever the outcome of her enquiry.
Since then, she has disclosed her true allegiance was always to the Labour party; having jumped ship from civil servant to being Keir Starmer’s gate keeper and side kick. I suspect the history books will eventually reveal that much of her report on Boris was sheer fantasy, a mixture of smoke and mirrors. She certainly had an axe to grind and an intension to cause Boris as much damage as she could.
It is interesting to know that some forty years ago she gave up a well-paid Whitehall job and moved to Ulster to become the landlady of the Cove Bar, situated close to the border with the Irish Republic, an area so dangerous for the Army and police that it was known as ‘bandit country’. However, Sue Gray appeared to have been protected and given ‘safe passage’ by the IRA.
There are now also questions being asked as to why the PM’s top aide wants to plough £310m of taxpayers’ cash into a place synonymous with evil. The derelict Casement Park football stadium in ‘IRA country’ where in March 1988 two British soldiers David Wood and David Howes who strayed into the path of an IRA funeral procession were hauled from their car. They were then savagely beaten, stripped, and thrown over the stadium wall with a 9ft drop on the other side. From there they were bundled into a taxi and driven to nearly wasteland where they were shot at point blank range; six bullets in one, five in the other. The events of that day rank among the grimmest of the atrocities.
An army helicopter crew hovering at 500ft transmitted what was happening in real time to the police and military commanders. TV and media crews on the ground were powerless witnesses of the attack.
This incident was recently recalled as a furious row erupted over the role of Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, accused of ‘subverting’ ministers in efforts to pour taxpayer’s funds into rebuilding the now derelict stadium so it can host matches in the Euro 2028 football championship.
Many are questioning not just the wisdom of ploughing cash into a place synonymous with evil but also of supporting a development that goes to the very heart of the divided Province.
As the Prime Minister’s closest adviser, Ms Gray wields more influence over the Cabinet than she ever did as a mandarin. And in Northern Ireland, where she ran the pub, that authority is being keenly noted.
Sinn Fein’s economy minister Conor Murphy, who was convicted of IRA membership and possession of explosives and to whom Gray is said to be ‘very close’, recently said: ‘With Sue Gray, who was previously from here and is now part of the Prime Minister’s office . . . I think at least we have a friend in court, so we can certainly have access . . . directly to Downing Street.’
Gray worked closely with Sinn Fein when she was permanent secretary in Northern Ireland’s department of finance and she and her husband still have a home in a County Down beauty spot. We can but hope that M15 are keeping a very close eye on this influential member of the PM’s team.
On the streets of Belfast, the issues are stark and concerning. For many on the Unionist side say they would be fearful of going to watch a football match in Casement Park,
One person said: ‘I would not feel safe setting foot in that stadium unless I had a team of armed protection officers, and I also feel it would be hugely disrespectful to those two young soldiers who were so brutally beaten to death.
‘This is a terrible misstep by the Starmer government. Even Tony Blair, for all his faults over the peace process, would, I think, run a million miles from this.’
A basic deduction of 60 per cent would be applied to the average emissions from different types of livestock, providing an economic advantage to climate-efficient farmers.
Peter Kiaer, chairman of Danish Agriculture group Baeredygtigt Landbrug, which was not involved in the negotiations, said: “We believe that the agreement is pure bureaucracy, which is totally unnecessary. We recognise that there is a climate problem, which Danish farmers will help solve. But this will not solve the problems, because it will put a stick in the wheel of agriculture’s green investments.”
It looks as if several British environmental groups have already picked up on this and are even now lobbying the Labour Government to follow suit. No doubt this will become another ‘stick’ with which to hit livestock farmers.
It is reported that David Miliband is becoming increasingly isolated from his fellow ministers as they recognise what a dog’s breakfast he is making of his ‘Environmental’ brief, details of which are regularly reported in the press.
Sue Gray has received much attention with headlines such as: ‘Meet the woman who really runs Britain’, and ‘PM kept in Dark by aide Sue Gray’. Considering they are both about as unpopular as each other, and out of touch with reality, this matter should cause the British public a great deal of concern.
Sue Gray we must not forget conducted the ‘investigation’ into what Boris did or didn’t do during lock down. As was clear at the time because she said so, she had decided even before her investigation, that she would find the then PM guilty whatever the outcome of her enquiry.
Since then, she has disclosed her true allegiance was always to the Labour party; having jumped ship from civil servant to being Keir Starmer’s gate keeper and side kick. I suspect the history books will eventually reveal that much of her report on Boris was sheer fantasy, a mixture of smoke and mirrors. She certainly had an axe to grind and an intension to cause Boris as much damage as she could.
It is interesting to know that some forty years ago she gave up a well-paid Whitehall job and moved to Ulster to become the landlady of the Cove Bar, situated close to the border with the Irish Republic, an area so dangerous for the Army and police that it was known as ‘bandit country’. However, Sue Gray appeared to have been protected and given ‘safe passage’ by the IRA.
There are now also questions being asked as to why the PM’s top aide wants to plough £310m of taxpayers’ cash into a place synonymous with evil. The derelict Casement Park football stadium in ‘IRA country’ where in March 1988 two British soldiers David Wood and David Howes who strayed into the path of an IRA funeral procession were hauled from their car. They were then savagely beaten, stripped, and thrown over the stadium wall with a 9ft drop on the other side. From there they were bundled into a taxi and driven to nearly wasteland where they were shot at point blank range; six bullets in one, five in the other. The events of that day rank among the grimmest of the atrocities.
An army helicopter crew hovering at 500ft transmitted what was happening in real time to the police and military commanders. TV and media crews on the ground were powerless witnesses of the attack.
This incident was recently recalled as a furious row erupted over the role of Sir Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, accused of ‘subverting’ ministers in efforts to pour taxpayer’s funds into rebuilding the now derelict stadium so it can host matches in the Euro 2028 football championship.
Many are questioning not just the wisdom of ploughing cash into a place synonymous with evil but also of supporting a development that goes to the very heart of the divided Province.
As the Prime Minister’s closest adviser, Ms Gray wields more influence over the Cabinet than she ever did as a mandarin. And in Northern Ireland, where she ran the pub, that authority is being keenly noted.
Sinn Fein’s economy minister Conor Murphy, who was convicted of IRA membership and possession of explosives and to whom Gray is said to be ‘very close’, recently said: ‘With Sue Gray, who was previously from here and is now part of the Prime Minister’s office . . . I think at least we have a friend in court, so we can certainly have access . . . directly to Downing Street.’
Gray worked closely with Sinn Fein when she was permanent secretary in Northern Ireland’s department of finance and she and her husband still have a home in a County Down beauty spot. We can but hope that M15 are keeping a very close eye on this influential member of the PM’s team.
On the streets of Belfast, the issues are stark and concerning. For many on the Unionist side say they would be fearful of going to watch a football match in Casement Park,
One person said: ‘I would not feel safe setting foot in that stadium unless I had a team of armed protection officers, and I also feel it would be hugely disrespectful to those two young soldiers who were so brutally beaten to death.
‘This is a terrible misstep by the Starmer government. Even Tony Blair, for all his faults over the peace process, would, I think, run a million miles from this.’
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