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Kemi Badenoch's net-zero denial is a dangerous gamble

It seems the existence and quality of the government’s net zero plans are dependent on whether Badenoch is Tory leader, writes DeSmog's Adam Barnett

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Adam Barnett
Apr 01, 2025
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch Pic: UK Parliament/Flickr

Kemi Badenoch likes to style herself as a leader who is not afraid to tell hard truths to the Conservative Party, and to signal a breach with its past mistakes. But rather than come clean about austerity, say, or Brexit – to name two salient examples – Badenoch has decided to attack the Tories f…

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