This opinion article argues that Labour should support green policies for moral reasons, but the author also argues that Farage’s anti-green message is not what the public want. Apparently “68% of Farage’s constituents in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, declared themselves ‘somewhat’ or ‘very’ worried” about climate change.

The article links to this Bluesky thread from a pollster which is interesting:

A screenshot of a Bluesky thread which is linked above

Edit: you can right click the above image and open it in a new tab to see it full size.

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    4 days ago

    My guess is that Labour have done some polling, showing them what red wall voters want, and Labour want to appeal to those voters - voters who are tempted by Reform’s message.

    But on this climate change issue, the article is saying that voters don’t even want anti-green policies. And I haven’t seen signs that Labour are tempted to copy Reform’s anti-green stance.