Prince Charles ‘Consorted With Labour’ To Change Climate Policy

The Prince of Wales “consorted” with Labour ministers to get tougher Government policies on climate change, it has been claimed. The claims were made in a BBC programme that sheds new light on how far the Prince is said to have gone to lobby ministers to adopt his pet policies on health and the environment. [Former environment minister] Michael Meacher said the Prince helped him push Tony Blair for more radical action on climate change and to block GM foods. “We would consort together quietly in order to try and ensure that we increased our influence within government. There were always tensions within government. And I knew that he largely agreed with me and he knew that I largely agreed with him,” Mr Meacher told BBC Radio 4’s The Royal Activist. “I know he spoke to Tony Blair, obviously he would regularly speak to the Prime Minister, and I’m sure he told him his views, so we were together in trying to persuade Tony Blair to change course.” --Matthew Holehouse, The Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2014