Tories Must Reject Climate Change ‘Luddites’ on Left and Right, Warns Cleverly

Cleverly splits from Kemi on climate

Tree-hugging isn’t just for the Greens, it seems – as former Tory leadership contender James Cleverly will insist this evening. At a London event tonight, the ex-Foreign Secretary will make the case that Conservatives should care about the climate and urge his colleagues to reject ‘both the luddite Left and the luddite Right’ on green

Tories must reject climate change ‘luddites’ on left and right, warns Cleverly

The former home secretary will urge his party to ‘set the pace’ internationally on green technology.

Tories must reject climate change ‘luddites’ on left and right, warns Cleverly - Jersey Evening Post

The Conservatives must reject climate change “luddites” on both the right and the left, Sir James Cleverly will warn on Wednesday. In a speech to the Conservative Environment Network (CEN), the former home secretary is expected to urge his party to “push further, faster and smarter” and “set the pace” internationally on green technology. As first reported in the Daily Telegraph, he will argue that the UK is “caught between two tribes of neo-ludd…