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Former Tory Minister could be β€œvery tempted” to support Labour on climate

Lord Goldsmith says β€œI'm desperately hoping the Conservative party comes to its senses”

Former Environment Minister Lord Goldsmith has said any party that doesn't have a clear answer to climate change does not deserve to be supported.

In an interview with Stephen Sackur for the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ HARDtalk programme the environmentalist who recently resigned from his ministerial post said he was unsure whether he could support the Conservative government at the next general election. He said, β€œI'm desperately hoping the Conservative party comes to its senses. I don't think a mainstream political party merits any support at all at the polls unless it has a comprehensive, coherent answer to what is the biggest challenge we've ever faced.”

Talking about the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer’s recent pledges to tackle climate change he said: β€œThere's no solution to climate change that does not involve nature, massive efforts to protect and restore the natural world. And at the moment, I'm not hearing any of that from the Labour Party.
But he added β€œif I do, if there's a real commitment now, the kind of commitment frankly that we saw when Boris Johnson was the leader, then I'd be very tempted to throw my weight behind that party and support them in any way I could.”

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