Ahh, nothing like the flat earth loons stepping in to turn back the clock. David Cameron is hoping to throw in a few moderate policies to counter his extremist austerity plans but it's asking a lot for Conservatives to go along with the show. There is science to deny and businesses to appease after all.
The revolt of the MEPs is an embarrassment for the prime minister, who has committed Britain to some of the most ambitious greenhouse gas targets in the world and staked his reputation on leading "the greenest government ever".
Tomorrow the European parliament will vote on whether to toughen the EU's emissions-cutting target from 20% reductions by 2020, compared with 1990 levels, to a 30% cut. The commitment to a 30% cut is in the coalition agreement, and has won support from other member states.
But British Conservative MEPs said they would vote to oppose the 30% cut. The leader of the UK Conservative delegation, Martin Callanan, said: "Conservative MEPs have always been sceptical of the EU unilaterally increasing its target to 30% without a worldwide agreement … European companies will be unable to compete if the reduction targets are set too high.
