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What is in store for us this time?

What was in Boris' messages?

And will concessions be made on the ULEZ to keep diesel jaaaag owners in the pocket?

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[–] Noit@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Q: Did you really tell the shadow cabinet you don’t like tree huggers?

Starmer said he was talking to the shadow cabinet about a visit to Scunthorpe steel works. He was making the point about the workers there not being tree huggers, but being very committed to the shift to green energy. Guardian Liveblog

Assuming he’s not stretching the truth too far, that’s not a bad as I thought. Sounds like he was making a rhetorical point, rather than automatically denigrating anyone who thinks the environment should be our priority.