An anti-green backlash could reshape British politics
And as radically as Brexit did
WHATEVER A BRITISH voter’s natural political hue—Tory blue, Labour red or Liberal Democrat orange—these days it ends up green-tinged. The Tory government talks effusively about “building back greener”. Labour wants a “green industrial revolution”. Liberal Democrats have used their position as the third party to argue for everybody to go further and faster. And then there are all the people who want to raze the carbon economy to the ground the day after tomorrow: not just the Green Party but also extremist groupuscules such as Extinction Rebellion and Insulate Britain.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Dirty politics”
Britain September 25th 2021
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