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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nimo Omer

Thursday briefing: How the Conservatives went from ‘greenest government ever’ to giving up on climate

Rishi Sunak at Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021 when he was chancellor.
Rishi Sunak at Cop26 in Glasgow in 2021 when he was chancellor. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

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When David Cameron threw his hat in the ring to be the leader of the Conservatives in 2005, his mission was to modernise the party and, crucially, make it more environmentally friendly. He took a trip to the Arctic where he posed with a husky and committed to leading the “greenest government ever”. His campaign worked. All the political parties in Britain were, generally, on the same page: the climate crisis was an imminent threat and they needed to cut fossil fuel use as quickly as possible.

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