Dropping green pledges would be ‘political suicide’, Sunak and Starmer warned
Britain’s leaders have been warned against a “politically suicidal” lurch away from their green pledges as concerns grow that both major parties may dilute their plans to combat the climate crisis in the wake of a shock byelection result.
Senior figures from business, the scientific community and across the political divide warned that any watering down of climate policies would be deeply unpopular with voters, set back the international fight to reach net zero and damage Britain’s green reputation.
There are fears that both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will loosen their support for such policies after the Conservatives’ surprise win in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip byelection on Thursday. The Tories narrowly won the seat, by just 495 votes, with a campaign that capitalised on opposition to plans by London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan to extend the ultra low emission zone (Ulez).
Hmm - so a clear enough by-election vote against ULEZ suggests that dropping green schemes such as ULEZ would lose votes. It isn't easy to see how gaining votes is politically worse than losing them , but maybe recycled, repurposed reasoning tells those "senior figures" that this is so.
Hmm - so a clear enough by-election vote against ULEZ suggests that dropping green schemes such as ULEZ would lose votes. It isn't easy to see how gaining votes is politically worse than losing them , but maybe recycled, repurposed reasoning tells those "senior figures" that this is so.
Or maybe subsidy dilution causes climate change too.
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They should consult Lesgo Brandon on the value of recycled votes.
“Hmm - so a clear enough by-election vote against ULEZ suggests that dropping green schemes such as ULEZ would lose votes.”
Completely lost in delusion, that lot.
"There are fears that both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will loosen their support for such policies after the Conservatives’ surprise win in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip byelection on Thursday."
OK... who is afraid (a list of names, not arm waving please), how much are they afraid, and how do they benefit from not watering down the climate policies. Or are they on a nice little earner and don't want to lose status amongst their peers?
dearieme - and graveyard votes.
James - yes, they can't even manage joined up sentences.
DJ - with such vast sums of taxpayers' money up for grabs, the whole field is composed of nice little earners. Politically, it's even difficult to see how it can be watered down without hysterical doom-mongering.
Old American joke: Ma Grandma always voted Republican - when she was alive.
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