The article critiques the transformation of the UK Conservative Party's stance on climate change since Boris Johnson, who once passionately advocated for net zero. His successors have since distanced themselves from this urgency, instead focusing on economic costs and adopting a more skeptical viewpoint influenced by figures like Nigel Farage. The article suggests that Farage seeks to build support by leveraging discontent among working-class voters and framing climate policy as elite-driven. The broader implications for Labour and the political landscape are also discussed as they grapple with similar pressures from the right.
The Reform UK leader calls net zero lunacy that destroys jobs and drives up household bills, tapping into grievance against elites to rally voters.
The Tories have abandoned Johnson's urgency over carbon emissions, with Kemi Badenoch acknowledging climate science only as an afterthought in her criticisms.
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