"Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture" DeSmog

 "An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are a “benefit to the planet”.

Lord Maurice Glasman, founder of the conservative ‘Blue Labour’ faction of the Labour Party, delivered the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s (GWPF) annual lecture on Monday, a speech typically given by conservative figures and climate science deniers.

Glasman has in recent weeks advised Morgan McSweeney, chief of staff to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

In his GWPF lecture, Glasman reportedly called for the national grid, the UK’s electricity distribution network, to be taken over by the Ministry of Defence, called the UK’s 2050 net zero emissions target a “fantasy”, and advocated new fossil fuel extraction including coal power.

“It is important to remember that the UK is not America,” Paul McNamee, director of the Labour Climate and Environment Forum (LCEF), told DeSmog.

“The Labour government continues to benefit from majority support for ambitious climate action. British people know that this ambition brings energy security, lower bills, a future for their grand-kids, and investment into some of the fastest growing areas of the UK economy.”

McNamee added: “Lord Glasman would know this if he spent less time at Trump inaugurations and with right-wing campaign groups, and more time in the British communities he claims to speak on behalf of.”" DeSmog