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‘I hate tree huggers’: How Starmer apparently exploded over Labour’s green policy
The Labour leader’s outburst followed a presentation from climate and net zero spokesman Ed Miliband
Archie Mitchell
Sir Keir Starmer said “I hate tree huggers” in an outburst that shocked his shadow cabinet, it has been claimed.
The Labour leader’s furious remark followed an animated presentation from climate and net zero spokesperson Ed Milibandsetting out his revolutionary energy policies.
Mr Miliband is said to have told his colleagues of the hope and change his policies would bring, receiving only a lukewarm reception from Sir Keir.
Sir Keir “thanked him for his presentation but said he wasn’t interested in hope and change”, according to a source.
The source told The Sunday Times: “He was more interested in creating sustainable new jobs to replace jobs in old sectors that were being lost. He then said he was not interested in tree huggers, before adding to everyone’s surprise, ‘In fact, I hate tree huggers’.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-green-climate-change-starmer-miliband-b2372012.html