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Actions not words

A load of hot air?
A load of hot air?

The UK Government today announced that a ban on petrol and diesel cars would be brought forward to 2035.

While this might sound like good news, we should greet such announcements cautiously. Is this any more than an attempt to control the narrative? Throwing a few crumbs down the road for us to run after?

Future commitments are easily made and easily broken.

We should look instead at what the government is actually doing now. It has just approved Europe’s biggest gas power station, for example, and is planning a cut in air passenger duty on domestic flights.

We need to judge the UK government by its actions, not by its words.

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