Sir,I would like to suggest that Andy Burnham’s emphatic win in Makerfield is not such an emphatic win for Congleton Constituency.

It is quite apparent from media reports that Burnham has been taking counsel from a certain Ed Miliband on matters ranging from the environment to economics. It seems the payment for this help will now be a continued senior role for Miliband. Why should Congleton care? Because one of Miliband’s pet projects is carbon capture and storage (CCS) — an utter waste of taxpayers’ money.

While the UK pours billions into fantasy technology, global coal usage hit record highs in recent years, with demand reaching all-time peaks in 2024 and 2025. The world is burning more coal than ever, yet we are expected to subsidise expensive pipelines across our countryside in the vain hope of capturing a fraction of emissions. This is not serious energy policy; it is green virtue-signalling at enormous cost.In the meantime, it will mean even more feverish preparation and work on the carbon pipeline being installed, at vast taxpayer expense, across our Congleton farmlands. 


Prime agricultural land is being sacrificed for industrial infrastructure that experts widely regard as prohibitively expensive, technically challenging, and largely ineffective at the scale required.Congleton’s countryside is not a dumping ground for failed net-zero experiments. 

Local residents deserve straight answers from our new MP: what is the true cost to taxpayers, what compensation will farmers actually receive, and how can this possibly make sense when the rest of the world continues to ramp up fossil fuel use?This project risks becoming yet another costly white elephant. I urge our representatives to scrap these unrealistic schemes and focus instead on genuine local priorities rather than chasing Miliband’s climate fantasies.

Yours,
Andy Large
Alsager West
   


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