Regrets, apologies but all too late

Douglas Carswell is an influential and forward-thinking Conservative MP for whom I have a high regard. There is however, one enormous and ugly blot in his copybook - his support for the Climate Change Act.

Now, however, with the newspapers full of the prospect of further energy price rises and power cuts to boot, Carswell has issued an apology.

My biggest regret as an MP is that I failed to oppose the 2008 Climate Change Act. It was a mistake. I am sorry...

The Climate Change Act is giving us a low carbon economy the way that pre-industrial Britain had a low carbon economy.

I suppose we should welcome this move, but it does look as though it might be a bit late.

(H/T Fay)

Comments

[James Evans]

BTW,

I should add, I really wish most people WOULDN'T vote. There's far too many people have far too many opinions, if you ask me. Almost all of them are based on utter ignorance. We might as well replace voting slips with a "lucky dip" option, like on the lottery. How many people have the faintest idea of the repercussions of voting in this chancellor or that minister. I know I don't.

[kim]

For my troika I'd harness Stringer, Carswell, and Paterson.
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