Owen Patterson was, until last week, the Secretary of State for the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (UK). He lost his job in the reshuffle, apparently for a number of reasons, which will not be gone into here and now.
He has now written an article for the Telegraph newspaper. The GWPF to which Mr Paterson is to deliver the Annual Lecture, has produced a slightly abbreviated version Read Here. His article is directed, not at the Prime Minister and those within the Government that lobbied for his removal. The target is what he calls “The Green Blob”.
It is not very often that a Policy Maker expresses an opinion of their own, as they are bound by the rules of the Cabinet “Tent”. To express such strong opinion so soon is rarer still. It seems unlikely that Mr Paterson go quietly and even (pure speculation on my part) opens the possibility that he may eventually replace Nigel Lawson.
“You can judge a man by the quality of his enemies” said Oscar Wilde. They cannot resist gloating at his downfall. Friends of the Earth & George Monbiot, amongst many others were quick to react. While Greenpeace did not openly celebrate, a Press release earlier this year, shows how much they wanted to have him removed.
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Mr Patterson has found out Britain is a cesspool of useless Green Slime thinking. Green activist teachers are infecting our young, the greenpeas’ BBC infecting anyone else, and whole ministies are dedicated to pushing the green agenda; The Green Blob is a good name but I prefer Green Slime.
As you say maybe Mr Patterson wishes to join forces with Lord Lawson.
The term Blob that Mr Paterson uses, is taken from the former Education Secretary. This term not only referred to the 1950’s horror film, but the Education establishment he accused of controlling every element of the education system to the detriment of the students.
The article is about the Green Blob, so please keep any comments focused there, we don’t want comments to spread elsewhere… Like the blob.
There must be a typo in that report.
I am fairly certain he meant “Mob” as in the “Green Mob”…….
Source linked in Andrew’s article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10978678/Owen-Paterson-Im-proud-of-standing-up-to-the-green-lobby.html
Good piece in the DT.
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I think I must be the only hardline climate change sceptic who thinks Paterson was right to challenge climate change propaganda and the fanatics who have infiltrated the green movement over the years, but believes he was very wrong on many other issues which he tackled during his troubled tenure as Environment Secretary. I think I must also be alone in thinking that GWPF are doing themselves no particular favours by associating themselves with Paterson. He is, after all, first and foremost a politician, not a scientist. A recently sacked politician who has an axe to grind.
Thanks Andrew. I noted on the morning Paterson was replaced that Liz Truss has expressed concern about ‘green energy’ subsidy. I hope she’ll join the battle on that front.
Sadly all this green BS and destruction of the country side, is paid for at the end of the day by the poor hard working people of this country via their energy bills and taxes, however anyone wants to disguise them! It is too obvious to focus on insulation,insulation, insulation, saving energy and helping educate our future generations. Not to mention all the additional employment this will create at the lower skill levels – where we really need them.