Roger Harrabin is on a campaign of vilification against the opening of a coal mine in Cumbria, but he ignores any statement regarding the impact of the mine on working people in Cumbria. Nowhere in any of his articles does he mention the fact that China, India, and Africa are increasing their investment in clean thermal power which will lift their peoples out of energy poverty. Neither does he mention that the BARIC country's thermal expansion dwarves any emission from the Cumbrian mine. Nowhere does he mention the huge losses incurred or the subsidies needed for wind or solar power, such as the Ivanpah Solar plant - bankrupt to the taxpayer tune of $2.2 billion. He discusses the campaign of vilification with Greenpeace but neglects to state Russian financing for green groups in Germany to suppress commentary against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Or the Arab financing of Anti-fracking groups in America. No comments from the miners are included in any of his diatribes, knowing full well that his salary is secure as it is forcibly mined via the license fee. He ignores the fact that coal will be extracted in any number of countries and that the Carbon budget that he is concerned about will be increased, but that 500 jobs will be lost. Nor does he mention that that steel-making needs coking coal. Perhaps he would prefer the steel to be made overseas as well.

To the southern elite-gencier this does matter as they are flat-capped northerners whose views are to be ignored. If Johnson wants to see the end of the blue wave canceling the mine will guarantee it. Harrabin enlists the world's elites to campaign against the mine but who travel to the carbon-emitting conference after conference on Climate Change, which has just been proven can easily be done online. In any other industry, someone who promotes in a partisan manner to the benefit of a niche interest or overseas competitor, whilst at the same time campaigns, (it's not impartial journalism as required by the BBC charter) to vilify a competing industry would raise serious ethical questions.