Following a chaotic day inside Downing Street sparked by Tony Blair’s brutal broadside on net zero, YouGov has dropped a timely poll asking if the public if they think net zero is – as Blair put it – doomed to fail. The overwhelming majority agree with the former PM…
Out of over 5,300 Britons, a whopping 74% think the UK will either ‘definitely’ or’ probably’ fail to reach net zero by 2050 – with 70% of Labour voters agreeing it’s unlikely. Just 11% think the UK will ‘probably succeed’, while a pitiful 1% believe the UK will ‘definitely’ achieve it. Red Ed is aiming for 95% clean energy by 2030 – a full 20 years earlier than the target most people already think is out of reach. No wonder Number 10 have refused to guarantee his survival…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”
