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Thousands of people just chipped in to get this in The Times

Posted by Esther Freeman - 31st August 2016


Great news. Thanks to donations from more than 4,000 people, today we’ve run an ad in The Times to expose just how unpopular Hinkley nuclear plant is.

The ad features quotes from The Economist, HSBC and other influential voices — all of whom are united in opposition to the troubled nuclear plant.

Take a look at the photo above to see the ad, or scroll down to read the quotes in full.

A HUGE thank you to everyone who chipped to get the advert printed.

In full: quotes from the ad

Downing Street knows what the Treasury knows and every energy pundit and commentator knows. They know what the French know and the Chinese know. They all know that Hinkley is a dud, a rip-off, a blunder.
Simon Jenkins, The Guardian 

Hinkley Point C is a total waste of money… (The government) should take it off the table and move to more sensible solutions.

CEO, Legal and General

It’s encouraging the Government is rethinking this terrible deal that would see consumers paying exorbitant bills for decades. The technology is completely unproven
and the costs and time needed to build the reactors has already doubled since the initial proposal.

Tax Payers Alliance

As part of a sensible overhaul of this country’s energy strategy for the next half-century, taking into account fast-changing renewable technologies that could render fossil fuels obsolete within a generation, Hinkley Point needs to be scrapped.

The Times

The Prime Minister’s decision to review the £18 billion Hinkley Point nuclear power project has won a cheer from everyone not in line to make money from it. When the holidays are over… Theresa May should go further and cancel the scheme.

Max Hastings, Daily Mail

I am wondering if we should go ahead with the project. The sums involved are colossal.
Segolene Royal, French Energy Minister

Britain should cancel its nuclear white elephant and spend the billions on making renewables work.

The Economist

Hinkley is a legacy of Osborne’s thinking – a love of vanity projects, funded by overseas governments.
Ross Clark, The Spectator

I am wondering if we should go ahead with the project. The sums involved are colossal.

Segolene Royal, French Energy Minister

Its significance to the UK’s needs for secure, modern supplies of electricity has been repeatedly overplayed.

Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Electricity

Britain should cancel its nuclear white elephant and spend the billions on making renewables work.
The Economist

Supporting early new nuclear projects could lead to higher costs in the short term than continuing to support wind and solar. The cost competitiveness of nuclear power is weakening as wind and solar become more established.

National Audit Office

EDF and the Chinese nuclear state owned companies will reap the rewards of the UK government’s generosity while renewable companies are going bust due to lack of government support. The new Prime Minister should put a stop to this disastrous Hinkley deal as one of her first acts as leader.

John Sauven, Greenpeace

We see ample reason for the UK Government to delay or cancel the project.
HSBC

We have just done this absolutely crazy deal with the French, EDF Energy, to produce nuclear energy which shows no sign of working and looks like being unbelievably
expensive.
Boris Johnson, former Mayor of London

A project of such importance … makes it imperative to ask every question and raise every reservation before going any further.

French Socialist Party


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