Starmerite MP Blocks Farm Expansion in Latest Labour ‘Growth’ Gaslighting – Guido Fawkes

Starmerite MP Blocks Farm Expansion in Latest Labour ‘Growth’ Gaslighting

Labour continues to spin hard that it is getting “Britain building” with its eyebrow-raising last minute conversion to growth-hype policy. There’s not much evidence of Labour-led growth projects actually happening, however…

Far from declaring war on the environmental “green tape” holding up economic growth – remember the infamous bat tunnel – Labour MPs are actually hard at work blocking new projects across the country. Take this morning’s decision from King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Council Planning Committee, which barred the expansion of a significant pig and poultry farm in Methwold, Norfolk. The company behind it employs 3500 people in East Anglia. It’s a local job-creating project worth tens of millions of pounds…

None other than Labour MP Terry Jermy turned up to deliver a long anti-growth speech, praying-in-aid Natural England, wetland conservation, rare flora, and other conventional environmental talking points. He told the Committee:

“It is fair to say that these applications are amongst the most contentious affecting South West Norfolk ever seen. And I say that they are contentious for very good reasons. If planning permission were to be granted, I am resolute in my belief that these developments will blight the lives of local people and the environment for many years to come. The strength of feeling against these applications can be best summed up by the clear facts highlighted in your planning officers report. Your Council has received significant objections from five different parish councils, namely Methwold, Feltwell, Northwold.”

Environmental consultants essentially said there were no possible mitigations to the ecological impacts. It won’t be long until people tire of Labour’s growth gaslighting…