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know, going back to the drawing board quite angry. and he thinks city con, who struck quite strongly by this policy, obviously he is the labour london mayor kind of indicated that he reviewed this policy but it has thrown a kind of issue into the ring where there is a divide potentially between labour and the conservatives that the conservatives feel they can exploit, particularly at a time when they are so far behind in the polls that they are looking at the sound thinking is this a wage issue we can use in our battle to try to hold onto power for the next election. fix, battle to try to hold onto power for the next election. the next election. a quote care for michael gove the next election. a quote care for michael gove today, the next election. a quote care for michael gove today, the the next election. a quote care for michael gove today, the levelling l the next election. a quote care for. michael gove today, the levelling of secretary of state. yes and yes when asked abo
thatis respect to the cost of living, and that is what was at the root of labour s defeat in uxbridge. absolutely. and there is a sense that there was a bit of tone deafness and how hard the london mayor went out this policy. it s £12 50 a day to drive your car, if you can t afford to replace your car if you are not compliant, that is extra cost on driving to work every day, taking your kids to school, and london labour and peace were also greatly concerned about this, particularly when some of these areas are quite poor. it did feel quite tone deaf to a lot of people in uxbridge and in the labour party. and he think this is why it has become a bit of a row. unfortunately it seems that this is kind of grown beyond the uxbridge by election and more broadly into green policies and the government are kinda viewing that and thinking, you we held onto uxbridge because of unhappiness of some of these policies that people felt we were moving too quickly or were to indent to a tone deaf.
savings stumpy i think because moving towards net there has of potential, and what biden is doing in america, particularly with the inflation reduction act, big focus on green energy and has been quite successful is you know, going green, moving towards net zero requires the sacrifices on day to day things like the cars we drive or even the food we eat by the way in which we insulate our homes. there are those trade offs where it s not always going to be an hazy thing to save the planet, to put it bluntly. and i think when it becomes a bit more difficult, you know, when it is less low guinea and doesn t have the added benefit of economic growth attached to it, it is those policies that i think politicians are struggling to approach any real practical way, and arguably, it s about preparing people for these changes as well. i think one of the arguments around the zone in london was people were not given enough time to prepare for this big change, particularly in the backdrop of the cost
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