Fewer than one in five Scots can reliably be expected to vote for the Conservative party, but a poll this weekend showed that well over half are in favour of his delay on the banning of the sale of new petrol and diesel cars. In rural areas, much of which is still considered SNP territory, this is nearer 70 per cent. The Tories aren’t popular north of the border — but Rishi Sunak’s green pushback rhetoric is making an impact on Scotland.
Now, the Prime Minister is not seriously a climate sceptic. His change of tone on climate change since his party’s surprising win at the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election was just that: a change of tone. Not, as some would describe it, a particularly significant policy shift. After
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