Just 1% of Britons Think UK Will ‘Definitely Achieve’ Net Zero by 2050 – Guido Fawkes

Just 1% of Britons Think UK Will ‘Definitely Achieve’ Net Zero by 2050

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Following a chaotic day inside Downing Street sparked by Tony Blair’s brutal broadside on net zero, YouGov has dropped a timely poll asking if the public if they think net zero is – as Blair put it – doomed to fail. The overwhelming majority agree with the former PM…

Out of over 5,300 Britons, a whopping 74% think the UK will either ‘definitely’ or’ probably’ fail to reach net zero by 2050 – with 70% of Labour voters agreeing it’s unlikely. Just 11% think the UK will ‘probably succeed’, while a pitiful 1% believe the UK will ‘definitely’ achieve it. Red Ed is aiming for 95% clean energy by 2030 – a full 20 years earlier than the target most people already think is out of reach. No wonder Number 10 have refused to guarantee his survival…