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February 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Jason Groves
Last updated at 11:42 PM on 6th February 2012
U-turn: Ed Davey, the new Environment Secretary, has declared he will not block plans for a new generation of nuclear reactors
Energy Secretary Ed Davey performed a spectacular U-turn on nuclear power last night – as he declared he would not block plans for a new generation of reactors.
Liberal Democrat Mr Davey was appointed to the Cabinet post on Friday after Chris Huhne resigned to fight criminal charges.
In the past, Mr Davey has condemned nuclear power as dangerous and expensive.
As Lib Dem trade and industry spokesman in 2006 Mr Davey was the architect of the party’s anti-nuclear policy.
He launched the policy with a press
release entitled ‘Say no to nuclear’, which warned a new generation of
nuclear power stations would cost taxpayers tens of billions of pounds.
At the time, Mr Davey said: ‘In
addition to posing safety and environmental risks, nuclear power will
only be possible with vast taxpayer subsidies or a rigged market.
‘It is an issue that crops up in my
postbag time and again. People don’t want nuclear, but they don’t know
what the alternatives are. Now they do, and the alternatives are
cleaner, safer, greener and better for the environment and the
taxpayer.’
Yesterday morning, he insisted he remained a ‘lifelong supporter of the green agenda’.
But in a statement last night, he said he would not disrupt the Coalition agreement, which commits to paving the way for a new generation of nuclear power stations.
New generation: Mr Davey said he would not block Government plans for new plants, which see sites such as Sizewell in Suffolk potentially have a third reactor built
He added: ‘There have been understandable concerns given the expensive mistakes made in the past which the taxpayer is still paying for. But the Coalition agreement is crystal clear – new nuclear can go ahead so long as it’s without subsidy.’
The U-turn came as Mr Davey batted away calls from Tory MPs to slash the £400million in taxpayer subsidies given each year to the ‘inefficient’ onshore wind farm industry.
More than 100 Conservative MPs wrote to David Cameron calling for the move. But Mr Davey said there was a ‘pretty compelling’ case for wind power as part of ‘a balanced mix of energy generation’.
Mr Davey said: ‘I’ve been a lifelong
supporter of renewables and wind power and I’m not going to change now, I
think onshore and offshore wind power has a real place in a balanced
mix of energy generation.
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Methinks we should check his offshore bank accounts to see what prompted this sudden change in attitude?
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A lib/dem doing a u-turn, as he got sights of being a prime minister.
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At last a lib dem with half a brain ,pity the other half still thinks wind power is of any use.
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