{"id":86280,"date":"2025-09-30T07:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=86280"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T06:14:07","slug":"nigel-farage-vs-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/30\/nigel-farage-vs-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage vs climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This video was posted to YouTube yesterday afternoon, but I was so involved in what I was doing I forgot to share it here. So apologies for the double dose of videos this morning.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">Nigel Farage says there\u2019s no climate crisis. Reform UK wants to scrap net zero, block green investment, and drive up your energy bills. The truth is simple: renewables mean lower costs, more jobs, and a liveable planet. Reform means climate chaos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I0gw5whEW-k?si=a7iYylUq8z_PDWgz\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the transcript:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Why would anyone vote for Reform? After all, Nigel Farage denies that there's a climate crisis, but \u200aall the evidence - and it is now overwhelming, and science proves it - suggests that we are living in and are going to suffer living through a climate crisis, the consequences of which are enormous.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Nigel Farage opposes green investment. He's completely rejecting investment, in particular, in the cheapest forms of energy that we have, \u200awhich are solar and wind, which, like Donald Trump, he says, are a con trick.<\/p>\n<p>He even wants to scrap net-zero because he says we can't afford it. But the truth is that without net zero, there may be no life for us human beings here on earth. As a consequence, he wants to abandon the hopes of all young people.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that \u200aclimate change is real and urgent.<\/p>\n<p>Energy bills will fall faster with more green power.<\/p>\n<p>And jobs in this country will not come from oil, but they will most definitely come from renewables and fitting them into every property in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Reform is blocking the future that we need, the jobs that we need, the lower energy prices that we need, and the sustainability that we need.<\/p>\n<p>It wants you to have higher energy bills than are necessary.<\/p>\n<p>It wants to destroy the green jobs that might offer you or your children the opportunities that they desire.<\/p>\n<p>It wants to prevent investment in green industries in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>And as a result, it wants Britain to be left behind in the global race to tackle climate change.<\/p>\n<p>And all the time, the planet will be pushed closer to crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Nigel Farage is offering a dead end when it comes to climate change. Reform means higher costs and climate chaos.<\/p>\n<p>Why would you vote to destroy your children's future? That is what you would be doing if you vote for Reform, and Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p>Why would you want to back climate denial when it is so obviously real?<\/p>\n<p>Please think hard about this. Our future matters. Your children's future matters. Please don't vote for Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn't care about you, or your children, or the future of this planet. He only cares about himself, and that's not a basis for voting for him<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-214\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_214\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/Blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_214_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"c73e1ef53f\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"214\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What should the UK prioritise for the future?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-214-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-988\" name=\"poll_214\" value=\"988\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-988\">Lower energy bills through renewables<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-989\" name=\"poll_214\" value=\"989\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-989\">Maybe millions of new green jobs<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-990\" name=\"poll_214\" value=\"990\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-990\">Sticking with oil and gas<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-991\" name=\"poll_214\" value=\"991\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-991\">Scrapping net zero, as Nigel Farage and reform want<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(214);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(214); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-214-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Previous posts in this series<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/23\/farage-vs-the-vulnerable\/\">Farage vs the vulnerable<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/24\/farage-and-the-nhs\/\">Farage and the NHS<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/25\/farage-is-for-the-rich\/\">Farage<\/a><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/25\/farage-is-for-the-rich\/\"> is for the rich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/25\/farage-is-for-the-rich\/\">Farage vs migrants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>This may also be of interest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/09\/28\/farage-the-cave-and-pushing-the-overton-window-aside\/\">Farage, the cave, and pushing the Overton window aside<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Taking further action<\/b><\/p>\n<p>If you want to write a letter to your MP on the issues raised in this blog post, there is a ChatGPT prompt to assist you in doing so, with full instructions,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/06\/20\/chatgpt-prompt-for-a-letter-to-your-mp\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One word of warning, though: please ensure you have the correct MP. ChatGPT can get it wrong.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Comments\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>When commenting, please take note of this blog\u2019s comment policy,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/about\/comments\/\">which is available here<\/a>. Contravening this policy will result in comments being deleted before or after initial publication at the editor\u2019s sole discretion and without explanation being required or offered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video was posted to YouTube yesterday afternoon, but I was so involved in what I was doing I forgot to share it here. 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