Nigel Farage thinks net zero is the new Brexit. Starmer can prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
Labour must deliver the green transition voters want, leaving Reform and the Tories on the side of economic decline and dictators, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

This opinion article argues that Labour should support green policies for moral reasons, but the author also argues that Farage’s anti-green message is not what the public want. Apparently “68% of Farage’s constituents in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, declared themselves ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ worried” about climate change.

The article links to this Bluesky thread from a pollster which is interesting:

A screenshot of a Bluesky thread which is linked above

Edit: you can right click the above image and open it in a new tab to see it full size.

  • Mr Poletski@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 days ago

    But it is the next brexit.

    Dropping Net zero targets and the tech development behind it will fuck this country over massively just like how leaving the EU has.

    I doubt it will be as bad as leaving the EU, but it could be.

    Farages futures is one where Britain pays everyone else, instead of us, to use the technology they developed to combat emisstions, get extra EV range etc etc.

    We have a simple choice with net zero, we can try and be the ones that sells everyone else the solutions they need to stop destroying the planet, or we could be the one that bankrupts ourselves buying those (arguable inferior too) solutions off everyone else.