Ed Miliband’s green vision is admirable, but the history of energy consumption shows it is all but a fantasy, writes Paul Ormerod

The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, has attracted criticism in large sections of the media. But he has, unlike some of his Cabinet colleagues, a clear vision about what he wants to do while in power.

Miliband aims to transition the UK away from fossil fuels and towards homegrown clean energy.

He reinforced his message only last week by relaunching a creation of the Sunak government, the Net Zero Council. The purpose of the Council is to provide advice to the government in support of net zero strategy development.

Miliband has come in for a degree of ridicule over his volte-face over the third runway at Heathrow, which is being championed by the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves. Yet this simply reinforces the view that he is serious; real world politics inevitably involves compromises.

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