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Can Conservatives conserve anything? Perhaps only their loyalty to party donors.

That’s the conclusion to be reached after Kemi Badenoch ditched the Tories’ longstanding support for reaching net zero by 2050 – following donations from key funders of a climate science denial group that has campaigned against the target, Adam Bienkov reports.

The cash came from figures linked to the Tufton Street-based Global Warming Policy Foundation and its affiliated campaign group, Net Zero Watch – both of which have argued that the UK should abandon its net zero commitments.

Founded by the late former Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson, the foundation has consistently lobbied against the net zero target, while playing down the connection between man-made climate change and extreme weather events.

Gavin Newsom

Do the Democrats Need Their Own Joe Rogan – Or Just a Compelling Argument?

Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom’s new podcast provides far-right influencers with a ‘safe space’ while he claims to be confronting difficult differences. The result is a symptom of a party that still doesn’t know what it stands for, writes Matt Gallagher
Matt Gallagher

The Upside Down – Old Nick’s Game

News in Brief Niet Zero Can Conservatives conserve anything? Perhaps only their loyalty to party donors. That’s the conclusion to be reached after Kemi Badenoch ditched the Tories’ longstanding support for reaching net zero by 2050 – following donations from key funders of a climate science denial group that has campaigned against the target, Adam […]
John Mitchinson