It’s back to the good old days of Tory wars. Rishi Sunak hasn’t even got to the microphone to unveil his plans to delay a number of net zero commitments and already a conservative rebellion has begun. Boris Johnson is the most senior voice to raise concern with Sunak’s plan. The former prime minister has released a statement in which he says ‘we cannot afford to falter now or in any way lose our ambition for this country’. While Johnson refrains from personally criticising Sunak, the implication is clear when he says that businesses must have confidence in the government’s net zero policy.
As for unlikely figures in the Sunak camp, Johnson ally Jacob Rees-Mogg has hit out at his old boss – telling the BBC that he’s ‘never been as much of a net zero zealot’ and Sunak’s approach is ‘absolutely’ the right one.
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