The Energy Secretary looks primed to go off at any moment. Right under boss PM Keir Starmer. All he needs is a trigger, and now it looks like he’s been handed one.
Miliband has been a ticking timebomb from the moment he blocked all new North Sea oil and gas licences days after the election.
I don’t remember Labour going to the country with a pledge to destroy what’s left of our energy industry, but that didn’t deter him.
Nor did union warnings that this would cost tens of thousands of jobs.
Nothing can stop Red Ed.
Although luckily, voters were on hand to prevent him from becoming PM in the 2015 election.
Starmer is the only person who can defuse Miliband’s radical green agenda before he inflicts irreparable damage on Britain’s economy.
Miliband’s dogmatic commitment to net zero will cripple industries, drive up energy costs and push investment out of the country. It will do nothing to save the planet, because we will simply import energy shortfalls from abroad.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves would thank Starmer for disabling the Miliband timebomb. His eco-radicalism is in direct conflict with her efforts to present Labour as a pro-growth, pro-business government.
Miliband’s push to eliminate fossil fuels by 2030 is either economic suicide or career suicide. Soon we’ll find out which.
The Energy Secretary faces a defining moment over the Jackdaw gas field and Rosebank oil field.
They’ve just been blocked by a court ruling that forces the government to reconsider their environmental impact. In a cruel twist, Miliband is the man who must decide their fate.
Which way will he jump?
These projects would bolster Britain’s energy independence, create thousands of jobs and raise billions in tax revenues.
Miliband’s faces a stark dilemma. If he approves them, he shatters his reputation as net zero champion and scuppers his self-proclaimed “clean energy superpower mission”.
If he blocks them, he undermines Labour’s commitment to growth, puts Britain’s energy security at risk, costs the nation a fortune, and potentially drives FTSE 100 giant Shell out of the UK and into the arms of the New York Stock Exchange.
If Shell leaves, it could trigger a fresh exodus of companies from London.
This is quite a moment for Miliband. Will he blow up his career or the UK economy?
Then there’s Heathrow’s proposed third runway.
In 2009, Miliband threatened to resign from former Labour PM Gordon Brown’s cabinet over the airport expansion. He still opposes it.
This time, he’s said he won’t resign. But again, he’s in an uncomfortable position. Reeves is gung-ho for it.
Reeves and Starmer cannot let their economic ambitions be repeatedly shackled by Miliband’s ideological zealotry. If they’re serious about growth, Ed must blow.
Starmer faces a stark choice: cling to Miliband and watch Britain’s economy wither, or take decisive action and remove him from office.
The PM must fire him. Unless Miliband does the decent thing and self-destructs. Jackdaw could be the trigger.
Man of principle or government minister? Your choice, Mr Miliband. Tick-tock.
