Some good news out of Britain, global warming alarmist and Senior Conservative MP Tim Yeo has lost his fight against being deselected by party activists.
The former environment minister demanded the secret ballot by Tory members in South Suffolk after the association’s committee voted not to re-adopt him as a candidate.
Mr Yeo promised his “unqualified support” to his successor.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26015369
h/t to Fretslider
One down but many more to go.
See? I told you there is a God in Heaven!
And the prayers of the many do get answered!
Richard
For our American cousins, it is of particular interest because Yeo chaired a ‘Climate Change’ committee of the House. In that position he pushed strongly for every alarmist position he could find, which nicely supported several of his ‘green’ directorships and consultancies – in particular a major manufacturer of water meters for the country…
One Funeral at a Time
99 doctors of doom in the ranks
99 doctors of doom
If one of those doctors should happen to tank
98 doctors of doom in the ranks
Didn’t work out did it Yeo?
The important question is, who will be his successor? I would be hard to do worse, but can they do better?
You have to wonder how much money that is going to cost the various “warministas”.
Expect to see him soon with either or both of a life peerage or a cosy sinecure in the EU beauracracy
Andrew over at BH suggests helpfully that Cameron will push him up to the Lords for services rendered; he can then join Worthless, Vermin, and Dubious.
I’m not sure what the right answer is for the Lords, it’s been having its authority – sometimes perhaps necessarily – nickeled and dimed away for a very long time.. Blair did vast harm to the place, turning it into basically a lifetime sinecure for political cronies of the Bryony stripe. One of Guido Fawkes’ cobloggers advocates turning it into something akin to the US Senate, to which us Colonials have to say ‘be careful what you wish for’.
Another trougher bites the dust.
“Developer of second generation biofuels technology TMO Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the authorities of Heilongjiang, China. The MoU will see TMO provide long-term large volume biomass feedstock supply for future bio-fuel production facilities from Heilongjiang State Farm, the largest state owned farming corporation in China.” – Biofuel News
And who is the well paid Chairman of TMO Renewables? Step forward one Mr. Tim Yeo. The day his company sign a new deal in China, Yeo uses his position as Chairman of the Energy Select Committee to lobby for more direct flights from London to China.
http://order-order.com/2012/08/28/tim-yeos-heathrow-to-china-bonanza/
RESnape says:
February 3, 2014 at 9:31 am
One down but many more to go.
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No, two down – Anne McIntosh was also deselected last week thanks to some unspecified “clash of personalities”.. Not quite as high profile as Tim Yeo, but another committed Warmista c/w committee memberships to prove it.
Not that we’ll ever know, but wouldn’t it be delightful if that “clash of personalities” was along the lines of:
“The world is warming and we must take hard decisions”
“No it isn’t and the Rolls is costing a bit much to run lately”
“Yes it is and you’re a headless denier-chicken if you say otherwise”
Yeo was one of the few serious ecoloons in the UK’s Conservative Party, apart from David Cameron himself.
A thoroughly loathsome and arrogant individual who blatantly lined his pocket with green money and then pushed their agenda as much as possible in his privileged position.
He will be absolutely no loss, but I suspect we have not heard the last of this venal creature.
Those who de-selected him deserve the nation’s thanks.
JEM says:
February 3, 2014 at 10:02 am
Andrew over at BH suggests helpfully that Cameron will push him up to the Lords for services rendered; he can then join Worthless, Vermin, and Dubious.
I’m not sure what the right answer is for the Lords
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As a committed Socialist (who therefore has NO-ONE to vote for in the Uk any more 🙁 ) could I suggest reinstating the hereditary lot? They were, by and large, harmless old fools who we could make fun of. That alone made them worth their wages.
But they also provided a very useful inertial brake on the current fad of change for the sake of change. Stability has a lot to recommend itself when the world starts getting exciting.
To get a sense of Yeo’s wit and charm, see:
http://youtu.be/HUT7hLtFXIk
This has more to do with his “Absentee Grandee” lack of commitment to his constituents than his self-serving, money-making eco loon activities. Still it’s one more “trougher” spouting nonsense out of the way. Especially so because of his influence as a chairman of a parliamentary committee concerned with climate matters.
Very good news indeed.
Yeoooww. After reading about the interchange between Yeo and Lindzen a few days ago, I thought Yeo was an American politician (guess I didn’t think that a Brit could be that pedantically stupid; but then, never underestimate a politician). Glad to see that he is gone no matter where he is from. He reminds me of US Rep. Henry Waxman, who is also leaving.
Here is Guido Fawkes blog, who did most of the heavy lifting in the Taxi for Yeo campaign.
http://order-order.com/2014/02/03/tim-yeos-greatest-hits/
Trougher Tim, an arrogant, self-serving, bar-steward. He will not be missed.
Hoo-bloody-ray!!
I will not express any opinion that could drag WUWT into a libel case here in the UK.
For non-UK readers there is a fantastic blog called Guido Fawkes (i.e. Guy Fawkes – he who was caught trying to blow up Parliament). This clip is worth watching: http://order-order.com/2014/02/03/tim-yeos-greatest-hits/ with plenty of links re: Timothy Yeo MP.
Watch, enjoy and follow Guido if you like “tell-i-as-it-is-journalism”. Blogs lead when it comes to razor sharp political commentary……… not the MSM.
Yep, I heard the news on BBC radio, where, desperate to salvage some PR, they rushed him in for an interview. One of the things mentioned by Yeo was that he has been very committed to the Global Warming agenda as well as supporting gay marriage, and confessed that not everyone agreed with him. Of course, the Beeb wouldn’t pass an opportunity to smear the party grassroots, and suggested “in other words you’re not right wing enough!”
Great. Anyone sceptical of the left wing shibboleths is Right Wing – and there are connotations with that label.
Tim Yeo was cleared of lobbying allegations for a solar company after dirty undercover claims (secret filming) by the media.
http://news.sky.com/story/1171843/tory-mp-tim-yeo-cleared-of-lobbying-claims
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And in entirely unrelated news I read from the BBC that
“Corruption across EU ‘breathtaking’ – EU Commission”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26014387
P.S. Top level link for Guido Fawkes home page is http://order-order.com (“Order! “Order!” is what the Speaker shouts when cross-party verbal bun-fights start).
Tories we’re our adversaries in the US revolution. Nothing seems to change much over there.
Green lobbying doesn’t play well in the Tory shires.
For the benefit of our American cousins, this doesn’t mean that Tim Yeo is removed at this time. Unfortunately he will still retain his role as Chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Committee for a couple more years. He has been elected by the people of his constituency (South Suffolk) and who the people elect, no one can remove – until the next general election that is in 2015.
It means that the South Suffolk Conservative Party will not adopt him as their candidate. In practice however, if you do not have the support of one the major parties (and South Suffolk is Conservative) you have a cat-in-hell’s chance of being re-elected.
So good riddance, but we have to wait a bit longer for a voice of reason.