John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, has been rebuked for interfering in the Conservative leadership election.
Asked by the BBC to comment on Liz Truss’s pledge to put a moratorium on the green levies on energy bills, Kerry warned the candidates not to “jigger” with the UK’s Net Zero plans. [bold, links added]
While he claimed he did not want to interfere in the choice of the UK’s next prime minister, he said he would “pointedly and adamantly” advise against any move to water down the commitments to CO2 reductions that were confirmed last year at the COP26 summit in Glasgow.
Benny Peiser, the director of Net Zero Watch, said:
“John Kerry’s intervention in the Conservative Party’s leadership election exposes the utter hypocrisy of the Biden administration.
“Only a year ago, President Biden criticized Russia for interfering in the US election and claimed Washington would never do such a thing.
“While the US administration is flying around the world, begging other nations for more oil and gas, the last thing we need is for the Biden administration to tell the next PM not to prioritize reducing the appalling cost of Net Zero plans.
“Mr. Kerry seems to have forgotten what happened during the EU referendum campaign when former US President Barack Obama warned that the US would place the UK at the ‘back of the queue’ for a trade deal if it dared to leave the EU.
“Trying to bully the British public failed then, and it will almost certainly do so again.”
I cannot help wondering just how much money “Climate” Kerry is being paid by the elites to keep rattling on about Net Zero. He really comes over as the arch typical Leftist who says one thing and does another. Obviously the last thing on his climate propaganda mind is the welfare of his country and its people.
So when will Scary Kerry going to make sacrifices in his own lifestyle like Air Conditioners and Private Jets?
Kerry need to be told to Scram