"A vote for Labour will mean the revival of the nuclear power programme,” warned Leicester South Green Party Candidate Matt Follett today. "All the evidence suggests that Tony Blair is planning a new generation of nuclear power stations but will not tell voters before the election, because no one would wittingly vote for a nuclear future with more Chernobyls, Windscales and Three Mile Islands.”
“The answer to global warming,” he said, “is to save energy and change our economic priorities, not go for dangerous technologies whose waste products will be dangerous for scores of generations. The only party with the independence, political will, and policies to switch the country from pollution and fossil fuels to clean, green energy, is the Green Party"
Evidence that Labour is planning for a nuclear future:
- Tony Blair's closest advisors - Lord Birt and David King - are well-known lobbyists for the nuclear industry.
- The nuclear industry has already held private discussions with Downing Street about a new generation of power stations.
- A team in the Government's strategy unit, led by Lord Birt, is studying whether nuclear power should play a central role in combating global warming.
- Labour politicians Allan Wilson and Brian Wilson have been advocating a new nuclear programme in Scotland.