New Cumbria coalmine 'like opening a Betamax factory', says Tim Farron

Cumbrian Lib Dem MP condemns decision to give green light to Britain's first new coalmine in 30 yearsUK politics live - latest news updatesMinisters giving the green light to Britain's first coalmine in 30 years is "like celebrating the opening of a Betamax factory", Cumbrian MP Tim Farron has said.Farron, whose constituency borders the one where the new project will be built in Copeland, called the decision "daft" because there was "an evaporation of demand" for the coking coal the new mine will produce. Continue reading...