Letter: Too many obstacles for Kemi Badenoch's net zero vow to come to fruition, even though it's a vote winner
A letter from David Fleming:
The leader of the opposition, Kemi Badenoch, has pledged to scrap net zero if the Conservatives are returned to power.
With all due respect to the Rt Hon Lady's sound thinking, I cannot see that she can deliver, even though it is a vote winner!
A lot of barriers will be put up within her own ranks, considering climate has been in the DNA of the Tory Party a long time, and the evidence is immutable.
It was David Cameron who popularised the soundbite, "Vote Blue, Go Green!" with his climate mantra, and was joined at the hip with Tony Blair and Nick Clegg.
Theresa May legislated for net zero and Boris Johnson applied rocket boosters to the whole business.
Ed Milliband madness will not be enough to persuade these people to change their minds as they are inexorably conditioned, commanding influence with a lot of current Tory backbenchers.
Will the Conservatives win a general election? It would be highly unlikely, given the febrile state of Parliament overall and the volatile atmosphere of British politics, where the two-party system will collapse through competition from the Lib Dems, Greens and Reform UK, possibly more parties.
There are too many obstacles internally and externally Kemi for your vision to come to fruition!
David Fleming, Norfolk