#Sunak
Tax cuts 'virtually impossible' at present, says Jeremy #Hunt
Almost certainly this is a tactic to enable springing a last minute tax cut on a "grateful" nation months before the GE
It will of course by "unaffordable" by all normal measures of fiscal prudence - but the #toriesOut will do it anyway - and blame #labour when it has to be reversed post-election - since it will not be enough to retain #sunak in power...
"He, the Great RishGPT, had come up with the bold and, if he might say so himself, extremely brave idea that the country could have its cake and eat it. Yes, he knew this might not be popular – the dishonesty meter flickered off the scale at this point – but he had worked out that the UK could meet its net zero targets by not meeting its net zero targets." John Crace
#Sunak #13YearsToryMisrule #NetZero #ToryCynicism #ClimateCrisis
Via @Supertanskiii _ 🇬🇧 Meat tax, seven bins, barefaced lies, fucking #Truss and a country that’s beyond fucked.
Why is #Sunak doing this? Tufton St? His enormous shares in fossil fuel companies? Shady #Tufton donors having shares in fossil fuel companies?
All of the above?
They’re #Tories r corrupt shithouses.
Excoriating analysis of Rishi #SevenBins #Sunak's screeching U-turn on climate policy. #JonathanPie is as usual brilliantly funny as well as searingly honest.
#Sunak’s #AntiGreen stance exposes his reckless #dishonesty. His fate is what matters, the planet can go hang
He claimed to represent change, but his #NetZero speech shows the PM is as disreputable as his predecessors
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/21/sunak-net-zero-reckless-dishonest
#Sunak and his policy non-policy speech. LOL.
@Supertanskiii_ #SuperTanskiii UKR What was this chaotic and undemocratic speech really about? Not saving us money, that’s for sure. The leak probably wasn’t accidental nor is the corruption.
They’re panicking.
This is political.
This is letting the world burn for a few votes. Give us an election, you shits.
Sunak’s bold #climate plan? Wait until 2047 – then push the panic button | John Crace | The Guardian
#VerbrennerAus: Kontroverse in #Großbritannien
Der britische Premier #Sunak weicht die #Klimaziele auf und verschiebt das #Verbrenner-Aus. Das sorgt für Kritik aus der Wirtschaft - auch Ex-Premier Johnson äußert sich besorgt.
#England #Auto
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/grossbritannien-sunak-klimaziele-verbrenner-aus-kritik-100.html
‘Seven bins? Not on my watch mate’: Sunak’s green pledges spark ridicule on social media | Rishi Sunak | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/21/rishi-sunak-seven-bins-green-pledge-social-media
Sunak’s bold climate plan? Wait until 2047 – then push the panic button | John Crace | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/21/sunaks-bold-climate-plan-wait-until-2047-then-push-the-panic-button
Sunak’s anti-green stance exposes his reckless dishonesty. His fate is what matters, the planet can go hang | Polly Toynbee | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/21/sunak-net-zero-reckless-dishonest
Barry Gardiner thinks that Sunak’s announcement yesterday could be the precursor to a snap election in November. 😱
(And he’s incandescent about the rowing back on climate policy — which he thinks is a deliberate long-term objective of Sunak’s.)
https://youtu.be/ml_2FGVxtbw?si=2lCMVisRp-gnbN8H
#UKPolitics #Sunak #Climate
‘#SevenBins? Not on my watch mate’: #Sunak’s #GreenPledges spark #ridicule on social media
PM’s claim he has rescued the electorate from multiple #recycling bins a particular focus of online lampooning
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/21/rishi-sunak-seven-bins-green-pledge-social-media
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DontLookUp
Swedish government faces backlash after slashing climate budget - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/swedish-government-faces-backlash-after-slashing-climate-budget good; let's do #sunak while we're at it... #netzero
Regardless of Sunak’s rolling back of the 2030 target to 2035, and Ford’s strange virtue-signalling response, there is nothing to stop car manufacturers proceeding with their existing plans to switch to EV production. Moreover, they may still need to, given that:
“Under current plans, the proportion of EVs must be at least 22% in 2024, rising to 80% by 2030, and would 100% by 2035, when sales of hybrid cars would also be prohibited.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/sep/21/carmakers-uk-sell-electric-vehicles-fines
I see #Sunak’s fantasizing again https://x.com/daraobriain/status/1704564181888860631?s=46
The inimitable John Crace: “Close to implosion on Radio 4, the PM insists to Nick Robinson that he is not watering anything down. Even though he is.”
I heard the interview on Today, and it was increasingly hilarious—especially when Robinson challenged him on “cancelling” laws that had never been made. Do you have seven bins? Thought not…
"Rishi #Sunak’s weakening of #Britain’s #NetZero targets has prompted ire among ecologists, #business leaders and many of his own MPs. "
Challenged to take a stand,
"#Labour said it would work with industry to meet the 2030 target, arguing that families would ultimately be better off because #ElectricVehicles had much cheaper lifetime costs."
#UK
https://www.ft.com/content/d44e70d1-19b7-4181-9267-5e38030d3d58
"#Sunak [says] he will push back a ban on selling new #petrol and #diesel cars from 2030 to 2035, dramatically slow down plans to phase out #GasBoilers, and reject calls to regulate #efficiency for homeowners.
The move intensifies Sunak’s newfound and controversial electoral strategy: binning Britain’s bolder emissions-cutting policies and picking fights with #climate activists, in a gamble that the confrontation will appeal to traditional Conservative voters."
#UK
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/20/uk/uk-sunak-climate-targets-delay-gbr-intl/index.html
#Sunak says net zero targets are 'forcing' people to spend £thousands on EVs & heating, his remedy, scrap net zero targets. A responsible PM should have policies to make essential environmental grants & assistance available to all. https://tinyurl.com/2uz2aptu #SunakIsALiar
@Lylamehta
Remember #Sunak's speech outside 10 Downing St on his first day in office:
"This government will have integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level".
When did he announce a proposal to make us use #SevenBins in our homes? Or to #TaxMeat? Or limit the number of passengers in your car? Answer: He didn't.
Yet he wants you to believe he "scrapped" them.
#ToryTruthTwister
Rishi Sunak under pressure after claiming to have ‘scrapped’ net zero measures ‘which never existed’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/rishi-sunak-net-zero-seven-bins-b2415824.html
#Sunak
#Lies
#SunakLies
#Tories
#ToryLies
#NetZero
#StrawMen
#NonExistentPoliciesCancelled
Britain delays ban on gasoline, diesel vehicle sales to 2035
> The ban on sales of new gas and diesel vehicles will be pushed back five years from its original planned start date in 2030, bringing Britain in step with Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Australia, Canada, Sweden and some U.S. states, Sunak said in a speech on Wednesday.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/09/21/postpones-electric-vehicle-switch/9121695284135/ #UK #Tories #Sunak #fossilfuels
@CarbonBubble Maybe there's nothing in it but we have heavy BP advertising just outside the #Westminster #HousesOfParliament and are due to host the #Oil & #Money summit in a couple of weeks. Oh, and I heard #Sunak's family signed a large deal with #BP. Dunno, but perhaps that has some influence?
#Woke up this morning, went to listen to Radio 4, then realised I wasn't still dreaming and yes #Sunak the #sevendeadlybins would attempt to explain why he is so in touch with life on earth. So rolled over and pretended I was in a world where politicians actually cared- nice dream that.
He doesn't need to - #sunak is doing the job for him by rowing in the direction of "NF" Farage and the like......
This is what #Sunak and his #climateEmergency delayers and deniers won't tell you: fossil devices will become more difficult to buy, from fewer sellers, at higher prices. His #NetZero delays will trap the poorest in a declining market.
IKEA Netherlands to stop selling gas hobs - Appliance Retailer – https://www.applianceretailer.com.au/ikea-netherlands-to-stop-selling-gas-cooktops/
#R4Today #Sunak attempts 2 portray himself as helping those less fortunate. This man is a vociferous supporter of private education, supports tax breaks 4 super rich (nondom), creates Covid fast lanes 4 cronies 2 make £millions, (Lady Mone) etc. He embodies a selfish class system. This man is a #charlatan. #SunakIsALiar #RejoinEU
#R4Today #Sunak's lies make him unfit to be PM. He talked of taxes on meat, no such proposals. He talked of compulsory car share, he talked of 7 or 8 bins, no such proposals. The Committee on Climate Change talked of wishful thinking, the truth is Sunak is a LIAR. #ClimateActionNow
#UK PM Rishi #Sunak tells BBC that UK will still hit #netzero targets, after #climate adviser accuses him of "wishful thinking" - follow live
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-66872792
On Easter Island there are the stone heads that remain as if grave stones of a race that destroyed its ecology in pursuit of its beliefs, & so ended its own civilisation.
Sunak & the Tories are the high priests of a similarly obsessed belief system that will destroy ours!
https://www.sunnyskyz.com/uploads/2015/06/npkwq-easterislandheads1.jpg
#history #capitalism #climate #ecology #emergency #sunak #truss
#BBCNews - #UK PM Rishi #Sunak delays #petrol car ban in major shift on green policies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66871457
#Climate #ClimateChange
"Sunak thinks that backtracking on green commitments will help the Tories at the next election, and that is precisely why he is making these disastrous decisions. There is nothing more to them in the most base politics. His only motive is fear. His indifference to the long term is absolute."
"Sunak heads for the the gutter as Packham takes the lead: a tale of two climate interventions"
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2023/09/21/sunak-haeds-for-the-the-gutter-as-packham-takes-the-lead-a-tale-of-two-climate-interventions/
Government Environment Policy has gone from John F Kennedy, We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard, to Homer J Simpson, If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing.
#environment #Sunak #2030climatetargets
#Sunak #Tories #Tory #CONservatives #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #NetZero
#SevenDustBins #MeatTax
#AirTravelTax
If we were ever under the illusion the Tories gave a rat's arse about climate change, today's insidious net zero sidestep from Sunk proved not even planet earth burning will stop them trying to slither under a snake's belly to win #GE2024.
Be warned! Be prepared! Campaigning for the next #GeneralElection has unofficially begun & the battleground is the climate! 😳
Rishi #Sunak saw that, in recent by-elections, his failing party held one seat because people weren't keen on Ultra Low Emission Zones #ULEZ, & from this he got the mad idea to tear up nearly every policy that will help our country reach #NetZero. This is extraordinarily bad politics that will not win him votes, will put him on the wrong side of history, & most importantly, will prevent essential progress to help stop #ClimateChange - by far the most important issue we all face. Disgraceful 🤬
Biden launches American Climate Corps to tackle climate crisis with green job training - https://mashable.com/article/biden-american-climate-corps-green-jobs while stupid #sunak is backtracking on #NetZero promises, this is what enlightened policymaking looks like...
I don't normally post petitions but jeez, Sunak, WTF are you doing?
#UKpolitics #sunak #NetZero #ClimateEmergency
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/don-t-rip-up-plans-to-protect-the-planet
I think everyone's agreed that #Sunak's fired the #GeneralElection starting pistol today.
It's gonna be a long drawn out affair, as several commentators reckon it'll be called in either May, or October next year.
Strap in & hold on tight folks. It's gonna be a rollercoaster ride! 🎢 🤷🏾♂️
is this brighter future shaped like an inescapable, face-meltingly fiery orb, by any chance? #rishiSunak #climateChange #netZero #sunak #fuckTheTories #eatTheRich #noBillionaires
'See #Sunak’s #GreenRetreat for what it is: a ruthless short-term electoral gamble -'
'The retreat is designed to shore up Sunak’s conference credibility with the party base that elected Liz Truss, rather than him, just a year ago.'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/20/rishi-sunak-green-retreat-ruthless-short-term-electoral-gamble
#GTTO
‘We need more investment, not less’: #UK voters on #Sunak’s #NetZero rollback
‘Red wall’ constituents critical of prime minister’s plan to water down #ClimateCommitments
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/more-investment-not-less-uk-voters-rishi-sunak-net-zero-rollback
#ClimateCrisis #ToryLies #GTTO
When I walk along the main road 20 metres from house I’m aware of exhaust fumes. I smell them and feel them catch in my throat.
When I walk along my local local river path, I see algae blooms or just murky lifeless water.
When I have to slather my kids in sun tan lotion before they go to school in March or September, I think my parents never had to do this.
When I witness heavy rain, I notice that the roads immediately flood because the drains can’t cope.
Do you see these things #Sunak?
UK skips signing leaders' statement on climate action
the UK, a founding member of the group, has been accused of abandoning climate leadership for not signing the statement or speaking at the summit
What a surprise!
#sunak has made his choice.... .he is part of the global right wing that does not give a shit for the rest of us
Offensive to scientists, businesses, green groups, and most of the general public, #Sunak's abandonment of #netzero targets makes the #Tories look like a party headed to a bunker in which they might survive as a residual dark shadow of their former selves, through the evisceration they face at the next GE, and on into the extended Tory winter that may follow, with a jaundiced core of fringe support
Btw I sense that Farage intends to swallow them whole, as soon as they are small & rotten enough
#Oil company #executives #celebrate after #Sunak announces a load of excuses as to why the UK can't go all-electric by 2030… all while they continue to benefit from massive #taxbreaks given them by the UK government at the expense of the country's citizens, who are paying increasinlyg high prices for fuel.
The same oil company executives who knew that climate change was taking place decades ago, buried the evidence, and have plowed trillions into propping up pro-pollution governments around the world.
The same oil company executives who argue that customers should have a choice while millions of people around the world suffer at the hand of #anthropogenic #climatechange.
Our entire team are furious. Help us get the word out and debunk this kind of nonsense while building a more equitable, sustainable future for EVERYONE.
‘Pathetic’: what scientists and green groups think of UK’s net zero U-turn - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/scientists-and-green-groups-dismay-at-uks-net-zero-u-turn "UK not a serious player in global race for green growth, says Greenpeace, while Oxfam says move is ‘betrayal’" #NetZero #Sunak
Your choice mate. The "Socialists" haven't gone anywhere. It seems they just infest the political wilderness with their bitterness & bile, & would prefer another 5 years of #Sunak's #Tories than a #Labour government led by anyone else but Jeremy #Corbyn.
His Messiah-like leadership & the cultist disciples who followed him was always gonna end in tears.
Why don't they just reform under the #SocialistWorkersParty with Corbyn as leader, & Abbott & McDonnell as their executive? 🤔
"the faster we transition to net-zero, and hit the necessary interim goals along the way, the more cost-effective it will be." - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/sep/20/rishi-sunak-net-zero-targets-car-industry-uk-politics-live?page=with:block-650ac21d8f088432c016cd27#block-650ac21d8f088432c016cd27 #sunak not just cowardly, but innumerate too...
#Ford erzählt ihm schon was.
#Labour #CONservatives #Tories #Tory #Starmer #Sunak #GTTO #GeneralElectionNow
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Questions journalists could be asking #Sunak:
Given #climate change is one of the key drivers of higher food prices...
Given that #climate change is increasingly driving forced #migration...
Given that #airpollution is a significant cause of ill health...
... how would watering down #NetZero plans help deliver on your five pledges?
#BBCNews - #UK #PM Rishi #Sunak considering #weakening key green policies
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66857551
It could include delaying a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars and phasing out gas boilers, multiple sources have told the BBC
#ClimateChange #Climate
UK PM #Sunak faces growing exodus of Tory MPs - 51 Tories have now said they are standing down at the next election or have already stood down
More classic short-term thinking, more Tory foolishness: this time on the crumbling school buildings.
"Before the 2020 spending review, Sunak as Chancellor was told by the education department that at least 300 schools needed replacing a year because of crumbling concrete, and they asked for funding to replace 200 a year in the first instance. Instead Sunak decided to halve the school rebuilding programme target from 100 to 50 schools per year."
https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-next-time-someone-says-government.html
Sunak the quietly incompetent | From school building collapses to the cost-of-living crisis, the NHS decline to Brexit, Sunak has been an enthusiastic advocate for the policies that have created this mess | Andy Brown
#Sunak #CostOfLivingCrisis #RAAC #NHS #BrexitDisaster https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/sunak-the-quietly-incompetent/