Campaigners dismiss Christmas electricity blackout report as 'laughable'

Report warning of energy shortage widely discredited after just one MP backs it and it includes misleading claimsA report that warned of Christmas blackouts next year and purported to come from a group of MPs has been discredited after it emerged it was only backed by a single MP and included misleading claims.The British Infrastructure Group (BIG), chaired by Conservative MP Grant Shapps, published a report on Monday that said coal power station closures and a drive for renewable energy had lef