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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Fiona Harvey and Helena Horton

How green are the Tory leadership candidates this time round?

Rishi Sunak, then chancellor, holds his ‘Green Box’ ahead of a meeting of finance ministers at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow.
Looks can be deceiving: Rishi Sunak, then chancellor, holds his ‘Green Box’ ahead of a meeting of finance ministers at the Cop26 summit in Glasgow. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Liz Truss has fought a “war on nature” unique in recent British politics, managing within a few short weeks to incur the wrath of conservation groups with more than 8 million members, foreign governments, climate activists and members of her own party.

Her successor may be expected to learn from this chastening experience and adopt a less confrontational attitude.

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