Sunak was ‘incredibly angry to learn’ of allegations that people with links to the Conservative Party or No 10 bet on the timing of the 4 July vote
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The Conservatives’ former net zero tsar has revealed that he intends to vote Labour for the first time because Rishi Sunak has been “siding with climate deniers” to politicise the energy transition.
Writing exclusively in the Guardian, Chris Skidmore, a former energy minister, said he could not back the Tories, who had argued that net zero was “a burden and not a benefit”, a decision that he said would cost it votes.
Continue reading…Sunak was ‘incredibly angry to learn’ of allegations that people with links to the Conservative Party or No 10 bet on the timing of the 4 July vote• Sign up to our Election Edition daily newsletterThe Conservatives’ former net zero tsar has revealed that he intends to vote Labour for the first time because Rishi Sunak has been “siding with climate deniers” to politicise the energy transition.Writing exclusively in the Guardian, Chris Skidmore, a former energy minister, said he could not back the Tories, who had argued that net zero was “a burden and not a benefit”, a decision that he said would cost it votes. Continue reading…