Poll: 70% Of Brits Reject ‘Net Zero’
Exclusive polling for City AM by Freshwater Strategy found seven in ten people said they would rather the government prioritize economic growth over achieving ‘net zero’ by 2050
It comes after pollsters yesterday revealed a majority of Brits have no confidence in the government’s plan to generate economic growth, despite a renewed push by chancellor Rachel Reeves to kickstart the UK’s ailing economy.
Asked which was the “higher priority for the government at this time”, 70 percent of respondents opted for economic growth, with 24 percent choosing ‘net zero’ by 2050, and six percent describing themselves as unsure.
The findings come after Rachel Reeves tried to reset her economic agenda with a slew of growth measures last week, including approval for the building of a third runway at Heathrow.
Reeves has been praised for announcing support for the project but is now on a collision course with ‘net zero’ backers in her party.
Opponents of the plans, including London mayor Sadiq Khan, have pledged to fight the expansion on ‘green’ grounds.
The Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, and Reeves were urged to make a “strong, confident” case for ‘decarbonization’ as a means to create economic growth by independent statutory advisor Emma Pinchbeck, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) chief executive.
Voters showed a similar lack of appetite for other environmental issues, according to Freshwater’s research, with 68 percent of respondents prioritizing economic growth over protecting the environment.
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VOWG
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Net zero as applied to CO2 is a government fraud, an impossibility. It is time to remove the evil and the stupid from our governments.
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Aaron
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govern – to control
all governments are detrimental to life and are only actor/puppets
get rid of governments, majority of problems disappear
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Howdy
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Actually, the governments would be replaced by other power seekers, so no net change.
A different thought pattern is what will do the trick. Compassion, thought for others, and dare I say it, a little selflessness would go a long way. This is outside the realm of the Human capability on it’s own as, “the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak”.
Humanity will ‘evolve’ into such a mindset by natural forces as the future proceeds, and it will.
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Jerry Krause
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Hi Howdy,
Is there any evidence (observations) that Tromp’s present government could be different?
Have a good day
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Jerry Krause
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Hi Howdy,
Is there any evidence (observations) that Tromp’s present government could be different?
Have a good day
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Howdy
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We saw in his first term how he was different, and all the trials and lies he endured since then show his indifference to adversity. This trait alone shows he is here for the big fight, that he has been honed. That he made a second, split term just reinforces that. A hero in many people’s eyes, he is a force of nature, here by design.
His second in command, J.D.Vance too, is a forthright operator. Check out his speech to the Munich security conference, featuring plenty of military types and high ups: ‘You abandoned Democracy!’, and they didn’t like what they were told.
The pendulum has swung to the other side Jerry.
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Lorraine
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Humanity reminds me of crabs in a bucket. The bucket is the planet we inhabit. It’s getting increasingly smaller due to mobility of the population to seek more favorable environments.
Crabs will attempt to crawl to the top of the heap just like humans. Someone will exploit the weakness of others and use them as stepping stones. It’s human nature.
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