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Pippa000 Sat 12-Apr-25 07:16:57

I can't remember this being considered for Port Talbot.

Whitewavemark2 Sat 12-Apr-25 06:57:52

I thought it was the High Court that stopped planning permission for the Whitehaven Coal mine?

OldFrill Sat 12-Apr-25 06:47:51

To forward Net Zero, Milliband will not mine coal in the UK so we import it from Australia via Japan in diesel fuelled cargo ships.
When will this madness stop.
energynewsbeat.co/millions-on-coal-from-japan-to-save-our-steel-net-zero-madness-as-taxpayers-foot-the-bill-to-keep-furnaces-burning/?amp=1

Whitewavemark2 Sat 12-Apr-25 01:55:47

Yes, I thought that it was to be nationalised, but it seems to stop short of that so far.

Wyllow3 Sat 12-Apr-25 00:26:02

full news/comments from opposition
www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20jr8rjj2o

Its British Steel back in the hands of the Brits, had to be done.

MayBee70 Sat 12-Apr-25 00:14:39

Badenoch blaming Labour as usual on the news. Isn’t it time that, as Keir Starmer used to do when he was in opposition, put the country first and work with the government.

PoliticsNerd Fri 11-Apr-25 20:20:32

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxOKy_vnFS4

Hopefully this helps those who haven't already seen it.