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Al Gore leads international chorus of disapproval for Sunak’s climate U-turn (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The Tories are trying to ruin the UK as much as they can before the next election.

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[–] Zellith@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago

Probably figure "well we wont get into power again just yet, but we can blame all the really bad times on Labour!"

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