Carbonised Uplands

Our great nation's leadership in the battle against climate change may soon attain new levels of Britishness, as the empty suit at the Treasury administers another kicking to the solar energy industry. The empty suit, which has previously noted that any attempt at serious action to prevent all-out catastrophe would be fiscally unsound, proposes to quadruple VAT on domestic solar battery systems, while blaming the beastly Euro-wogs for not permitting a reduction. The VAT charge for coal will continue at the lower rate, presumably as a Churchillian V-sign to Brussels; and the hike will come into effect on the same day as the House of Expenses Claimants and Holidaymakers debates the meaninglessness of the Government's zero-carbon target.