Donald Trump anti-wind power fundraiser fails to get off the ground
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2012/sep/20/donald-trump-anti-wind-power-fundraiser?intcmp=122
Tory MP Chris Heaton-Harris has been trying to organise an anti-wind power meeting with Donald Trump. Photograph: Martin Argles for the Guardian
Chris Heaton-Harris, the Conservative MP for Daventry, is perhaps best known outside his constituency for his vocal stance against wind turbines.
Earlier this year, he organised a letter signed by 101 fellow Conservative MPs - and a sprinkling from other parties - calling on David Cameron to end "taxpayer subsidy, for inefficient and intermittent energy production that typifies on-shore wind turbines".
Heaton-Harris has since spoken at the first National Opposition to Windfarms conference held in June and continues to set out his stall on this issue frequently, both on his blog and in the media.
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> A spokeswoman told me that the Royal Oak suite had been booked, which
> can seat 500 guests for dinner.
> But then she added: "It's been cancelled, though, due to lack of interest."
> ...
> So, even with the star attraction of Donald Trump (who – lest we forget – is
> opposed to offshore turbines being built within eyesight of his £100m luxury
> hotel development in Aberdeenshire), Heaton-Harris couldn't get his anti-wind
> fundraiser off the ground due to "lack of interest"? What does this tell us – if
> anything – about the real strength and depth of the highly vocal, media-supported
> anti-wind campaign in the UK? After all, when DECC published its latest public
> attitude tracker survey (pdf) this week, it showed that only 12% of those surveyed
> are against onshore wind power (with 4% "strongly opposed"
compared to
> 66% who support it.
