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By Paul Homewood

h/t Philip Bratby

Miliband needs certifying!

From the Telegraph:

Energy Secretary announces £1.5m in taxpayer funds for the ‘fish-free’ Omega 3 project

Ed Miliband has bankrolled plans to make vegan supplements on the site of the former Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland.

The Energy Secretary announced £1.5m of taxpayer support for the project on Thursday, which will produce “fish-free” Omega 3 from algae.

Mialgie is the vegan supplements business behind the scheme, which is the first government-backed project at Grangemouth since Ineos shut down the refinery earlier this year.

The closure led to more than 400 jobs being lost at the site, sparking outrage from unions and MPs alike.

However, the plan was dismissed by critics who said the site would be better placed as an oil refinery.

It comes after the closure of the Lindsey oil refinery in Lincolnshire earlier this year, piling more pressure on the country’s energy security as it moves towards net zero.

Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, said: “Nations become rich from plentiful cheap oil and gas, not from Omega 3 supplements. This highlights the job-destroying madness of net stupid zero.”

Claire Coutinho, the shadow energy secretary, also dismissed the plans: “It’s all very good to have fish-free fish oil, but what the country really needs is refining capacity.

“Britain has lost a third of our refineries this year and they are collapsing under sky-high energy costs and carbon taxes thanks to Labour’s policies.”

Full story here.

As usual the Telegraph commenters are on the ball:

Precisely, Mr Pratt. How the hell does this moron get the authority to waste taxpayer money on any project he chooses?