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UKIP West Midlands
MEP Mike Nattrass has today fuelled calls to ‘BRING
BACK COAL’ following his attendance at a high-profile
debate in Stoke which focused on the events of the miners’ strike.
The MEP joined a panel including Edwina Currie, George Galloway
and film-maker Ken Loach on Wednesday, to debate the 1984-5
miner’s strike and its impact on Britain, its people
and its economy as a whole.
Before the event, which was held at the Potteries Museum
and Art Gallery, Mr Nattrass said he hoped to encourage a
bigger debate over the future of coal and energy in this
country.
“The debate on Wednesday was a tremendous success and
was very well attended,” said Mr Nattrass.
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“I hope this event
encourages further debate as we really need to take
a serious look at how we
generate energy in this country.
“We have 200 years supply of coal in the UK
and with the new “clean burn” technology
it should be fed into new state of the art power
stations built alongside. This would help to diversify
our reliance on other fuels and would bring back
jobs to North Staffordshire.
“Wind turbines are not just eyesores they
are also totally inefficient. Last year, members
of the Stop Turbines Action Group (STAG) visited
me at the European Parliament in Strasbourg and I
heard of their plight and campaign against the erection
of six 420ft high wind turbines in the Staffordshire
village of Marston.
“In November, I urged people in South Staffordshire
to support their fight and I also urged Stafford
Borough Council to reject plans to build a 200 foot
wind turbine in Aston By Stone.
“I am all for so called “green and efficient
energy” and believe our environment should
be protected for future generations but we are sitting
on a massive alternative to subsidised windmills
which is clean and employs local people, I want to
bring back coal,” he added,
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