• 6 months ago
Keir Starmer says he's prepared to 'make enemies' to grow economySource: BBC

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00:00Are you saying now because I need to get the economy growing
00:03What I will do is say to someone who's objecting to electricity pylons going across the field near their house
00:10Sorry, they've got to be built. We've got to get the economy. Maybe if you're worried about huge new housing development
00:15Sorry that has got to be built. Are you prepared to make enemies to make the economy grow? Yes
00:22We're going to have to be tough. We're going to have to change the way things are done
00:25I'll give you one short example. I won't take long, but it makes my point
00:29Spoke to the CEO of an energy company say how long would it take you to put a wind turbine farm up?
00:34He said I could do it in two years
00:36He said you wouldn't get any power out of it for 13 years
00:39Because I'd lose five years to planning another six or seven years before the grid connected
00:43We cannot go on like that. I'll give you another example if I could

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