Labour’s energy masochism is hollowing out our domestic capacity, torching our own industries, and then virtue-signalling about being ‘green’ while importing dirtier, more expensive energy from across the world. It’s insanity,” explains Claire Bullivant.
So here we are. Britain, the cradle of the Industrial Revolution – the land that once mined, forged, drilled and powered the world – now standing hat in hand before the French, hoping they keep the lights on in Birmingham and the kettles boiling in Bolton this winter.
This is not just a national embarrassment. This is strategic lunacy.
Keir Starmer, Ed Miliband, and the Labour leadership have decided that energy security, that most fundamental pillar of national sovereignty, is something Britain can outsource.
First, they killed off the coal and steel industries, then they set about strangling the North Sea oil and gas sector under the guise of “climate leadership.” Now, the same cabal wants you to believe that relying on French nuclear plants and Moroccan solar panels is the future of energy independence.
Let’s not mince words: this is energy masochism.
Burning Our Own Bridges, Only to Rent Others’
The National Energy System Operator (Neso) has all but admitted it in today’s Telegraph: we’ll depend on imports from France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, and Denmark to meet demand on “tight days” this winter. In plain English? When it gets cold, as it does every winter in Britain, we’ll be flicking the switch and praying someone on the continent answers.
And what are we paying for this privilege? £3.1 billion in 2024 just to import electricity, up from £1 billion in 2019. That’s a 200% rise in five years. And where does most of that electricity come from? France. A country that has no qualms about using energy policy for geopolitical leverage. Merci beaucoup, No idea Keir.
Renewables Without Reliability Is Not a Strategy
Labour tells us wind and solar are the future. But we are not in the Sahara. We are in beautiful rain-lashed archipelago with long, dark winters and frequent periods of “dunkelflaute” — those gray, silent spells with no sun and no wind.
Yes, renewables have a role to play. But we’ve built an entire energy strategy around technologies that cannot be relied on 24/7, while simultaneously dismantling the thermal power stations, gas, coal, even nuclear, that provide the frequency stability and inertia our grid desperately needs. One look at Spain’s catastrophic April blackout should be enough of a warning.
But no — in Labour’s utopia, we tear down our own energy capacity and pin our hopes on a 2,500-mile cable from Morocco, snaking across seas, borders, and seismic fault lines. Who, in their right mind, thinks that is energy security? And let’s not pretend it’s risk-free — if we ever dare to disagree on global affairs, it’s all too easy for others to simply pull the plug.
The Solar Scandal and the China Factor
Meanwhile, Labour’s green crusade is so blind that we are carpeting prime farmland with Chinese-made solar panels, the same panels suspected of containing embedded “kill switches.” Let that sink in. In the event of a global conflict, the CCP could, theoretically, pull the plug. If World War 3 breaks out, we’d be one Red Button away from nationwide darkness.
This isn’t climate policy. This is strategic sabotage.
National Security, Not National Virtue Signalling
Look, let’s call it what it is: Labour’s energy policy is not just bad economics, it’s bad geopolitics. You do not hand your national lifelines to foreign powers. You do not hollow out your domestic capacity, torch your industries, then virtue-signal about how “green” you are while importing dirtier, more expensive energy from halfway across the globe.
Energy is not just about price or emissions. It’s about control. It’s about sovereignty. It’s about survival.
Britain needs to wake up. We need to bring back domestic oil and gas — responsibly, yes, but urgently. We need to invest in next-gen nuclear and stop treating it like Voldemort. We need grid-scale battery storage, proper baseload capacity, and yes — some coal and gas backup too, until renewables can stand on their own two feet.
We don’t need more interconnectors. We need independence.
Because if you control your energy, you control your destiny. But if Labour keeps steering the ship, we’ll be adrift in the dark — paying France by the gigawatt just to keep our fridges humming.
Thanks, Keir.
By Claire Bullivant
