THE Scottish Tories have been panned after they asked MSPs to celebrate Rishi Sunak’s climate U-turns for bringing policy further “in line…
It comes as MSPs debate a motion from Scotland’s Net Zero Secretary Màiri McAllan asking the parliament to say it “deeply regrets … the unilateral reversal of policies set out by the UK Government”.
However, the Tories sought to delete much of McAllan’s motion and instead ask MSPs to praise “the new net zero policy announcements from the UK Government, which provide extensive household upgrade support with more scope for consumer freedom, bring the UK petrol and diesel car sales timelines in line with the European Union’s and demonstrate a commitment to realistic achievement of ambitious environmental goals without alienating households”.
He said:"This must be one of the only times that the Tories have sought EU alignment and it's in order to keep polluting cars on our road and trash our environment as part of a cynical culture war. Meanwhile the world is burning around us.
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