"Let's scrap Britain's successful climate law so we can burn more gas, lose investment and have higher bills. Crazy as it might seem, that is the message of Kemi Badenoch's new energy strategy. The Conservative leader proposes to repeal the 2008 Climate Change Act in favour of a plan to maximise oil and gas extraction, and remove all legally binding carbon targets. It's pitched as pragmatism. But it's a lurch into ideological self-harm."
"Britain's energy problem isn't its climate legislation, which is admired globally, backed by industry and supported by the public. It's that this country remains too dependent on volatile fossil fuels. Emissions targets are not the reason for high bills. It is gas prices, which skyrocketed after Russia invaded Ukraine. They set UK electricity prices. In Europe, they don't that's why bills are lower there."
"Rather, Mrs Badenoch is choosing to follow Donald Trump in rolling back climate goals and seeing electricity prices in the US rise, not fall. In Britain, she is mimicking Reform UK in a race to the populist bottom. It's a culture war stunt turning climate doubt into tribal identity. And it's pathetic: a retreat from 17 years of Conservative climate leadership."
Kemi Badenoch proposes repealing the 2008 Climate Change Act to prioritise oil and gas extraction and remove legally binding carbon targets. The plan frames this as pragmatism but critics view it as ideological self-harm that would harm investment, raise bills and benefit polluters. Britain’s energy problem is described as dependence on volatile fossil fuels rather than climate legislation; gas price spikes after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove electricity prices. The strategy is compared to US rollbacks and a populist culture-war stunt that erodes 17 years of Conservative climate leadership and cross-party consensus. Ed Miliband defends the green transition as economic necessity and moral mission, naming opponents like Elon Musk.
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