Green is an outdated superstition

Adding a few hundred pounds a year to people's energy bills might not seem much to the SW1 elite, says Douglas Carswell. "But it is a lot of money to many of the folk I represent, who are struggling with fixed incomes and rising prices."

This might look like a smart move amongst the smart set in London. They won't see it that way in marginal seats in a couple of years' time.

But where can the marginal voters go? They'll probably stay at home, as there's nothing to choose between the three main parties on this at all. All three are in their smug bubble.

And this at a time when CO2 looks less dangerous than ever.

• Temperatures haven't risen this century
   
• IPCC predictions on warming have been wrong
   
• Dangerous warming looks less and less likely
   
• Oh, and wind looks an even worse bargain than had been thought.

Yet MPs remain snug in their smug bubble. Scared of the green lobby? Or just brain dead? Either way they deserve our contempt.