Pádraig Hoare: Reckless Rishi eyes votes over climate
Greenpeace activists on the roof of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s house in Richmond, North Yorkshire, after covering it in black fabric in protest at his backing for expansion of North Sea oil and gas drilling.
What was a fun soundbite circa 2008 for extreme conservatives who eschewed any environmental credentials in the US has now become official government policy for a supposedly moderate centre-right Tory Party in Britain in response to an unexpectedly positive by-election result.
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