Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
He announced in January that he was resigning the Tory whip and quitting as an MP - triggering a by-election which Labour won.today, Skidmore - who served as a minister under Theresa May and Boris Johnson - said Sunak had sought “division and polarisation” by trying to turn climate change into a culture war issue.
He said: “Worse still has been the rhetoric and extreme tone that has sought to politicise net zero as being forced upon people, a false narrative that is either the product of ignorance, or deliberate misinformation.” Skidmore added: “For the first time, I cannot vote for a party that has boasted of new oil and gas licences in its manifesto or that now argues that net zero is a burden and not a benefit.
“Instead, like many others who know that we have neither choice nor any more time, and need to tackle the climate crisis now, I have decided that the Labour party is best placed to achieve economic growth and the green industrial revolution.“Net zero is one of its five key priorities, and for this reason I will be voting Labour at this election.
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