Economic Illiteracy Handicaps Britain’s New Right Wing Party

Reform UK is the new right wing populist party founded by Nigel Farage .

Recent polls have put Reform ahead of both Labour and the Conservatives , an extraordinary feat for a small, new party.

Reform’s proposed windfall tax on renewables does not reflect any rise in the true profitability of renewable energy.

The proposed “special tax upon death” for farmers who allow solar farms on their land.

Reform UK has proposed to force National Grid utility company to take down electricity pylons in favor of burying power lines underground.

The party also proposed a ban on the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) This partly stems from concerns that BESS are at risk of catching fire.

George Pickering : The idea that Britain ought to be food self-sufficient is not only an uneconomical denial of the benefits of free trade, but also absurd.