Surprise, surprise, Dale Vince wants vegan schools

Socialism, wrote George Orwell, has often had a habit of attracting posh cranks. He witheringly described the ‘sandal-wearers and bearded fruit-juice drinkers who come knocking towards the smell of “progress” like bluebottles to a dead cat’. 

Even though Starmer’s Labour has all but dropped the s-word, fully embracing its role as the party of the new elites, its electoral triumph certainly has been a boon to scolds and irritants. All the worst, most meddlesome factions in British public life appear to have been emboldened by this government. Woke censors? Tick. Nanny statists? Alarmingly so. And of course there’s the environmentalists, who clearly see in Labour their best chance for eco-immiseration in our lifetime. 

Enter Dale Vince, green entrepreneur and major Labour donor. Alongside backing all of Ed Miliband’s insane net zero policies, Vince also wants schools to go vegan. Speaking at a fringe event at Labour party conference this week, he proudly