general election 2019

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No great escape: Tory scales bins and fence to exit climate hustings
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No great escape: Tory scales bins and fence to exit climate hustings

It is a common dilemma for any hard-bitten politician faced with a hostile crowd: how best to make a sharp exit to avoid embarrassment?

Stephen Buranyi: There’s a new ‘climate denialism’ out there. Conservatives are very good at it
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Stephen Buranyi: There’s a new ‘climate denialism’ out there. Conservatives are very good at it

Boris Johnson's avoidance of the Channel 4 debate shows how it works: accept the science, but obstruct necessary change.

Green party makes £100bn-a-year net zero carbon pledge to voters
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Green party makes £100bn-a-year net zero carbon pledge to voters

Tackling the climate emergency forms the centrepiece of the Green party's appeal to voters, with an eye-catching proposal to spend £100bn a year - more than any other party - on a transformation of the economy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

How do the parties propose to tackle the climate crisis?
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How do the parties propose to tackle the climate crisis?

Election contenders have been setting out plans to win over voters concerned about the environment.

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