It’s time for this country’s hard-working, silent majority to take back control of the green agenda
IT’S time for our country’s hard-working and silent majority to take back control of the green agenda and for the Government to make meaningful changes to its plans to reach net zero.
For too long, hard-pressed families and businesses have been shut out of the discussions around the environment, climate change and pollution.
Disruption by the likes of Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil have dominated media coverage, while for decades politicians have embraced the language of green campaigners by introducing targets and taxes.
Conservative, Labour and Lib Dem ministers in successive governments have pledged to meet targets, often without clear plans on delivery.
Worryingly, a lack of attention has been given to the impact these policies will have and, as a result families, businesses and motorists have been caught in the crossfire.
That means we’re being hit hard with higher costs in pursuit of meeting targets and politicians trying to outdo each other.
We’ve already faced extra levies on our energy bills and new rules on waste and recycling will hit consumers and businesses with extra costs.
Some councils are also charging some cars more to park based on emissions, punishing families on low incomes.
Now people who drive anywhere in London are about to be hit by the Mayor imposing his hated Ulez tax, which will cost up to £4,500 a year.
The revelation in today’s Sun on Sunday that a nationwide Ulez-style scheme could rake in £100million per day is shocking and must mark a turning point where we say enough is enough.
The British people are not cash cows ready to be milked and have their freedoms sacrificed at the altar of a twisted and dogmatic green outlook.
Sun readers know that the way to improve our environment and tackle climate change is through a commonsense approach that carries the confidence of the public rather than trying to shame and punish them.
That’s why I back The Sun’s Five-Point Plan to protect motorists and the wider economy from the most painful and costly measures and to ensure that green targets are reached in sensible way.
In the run up to next year’s General Election, voters must tell politicians that they need to stop pursuing a green agenda that costs us more money and will fail to deliver.