UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has written an op-ed piece in The Sun promising “I will not sacrifice Great British industry to the drum-banging, finger-wagging Net Zero extremists”

Which means he’s willing to sacrifice all the industry to appease the fossil fuels industry.

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I don’t think I’ve ever thought of chicken that way… Questioning if I even understand it at all 😂

But yes, you’re right, the whole thing requires everyone to contribute equally for it all to work properly but, since everyone can momentarily benefit more by not, and politics is painfully shortsighted, they won’t do the right thing.

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