The greenlash is here: Britain cannot afford Net Zero and democracy at the same time
The War RoomNet Zero War Room
26 Sept 2025
Written By Maurice Cousins
Something is breaking in British politics. The centre is obviously fraying. The edges are hardening, and the public mood is turning restless. The recent rally in Westminster perfectly captured it: a strange alliance of Tommy Robinson, Katie Hopkins, Lawrence Fox, even Elon Musk, joined by a crowd of hundreds of thousands. Sky News’ Trevor Phillips said of the attendees: “These are the people you meet in a country pub with their dogs, or in a queue for drinks at half-time.”
Even Labour’s Clive Lewis admitted, many of the rally’s attendees weren’t there for the “grifters” but simply “to feel part of something bigger”.
This sense of dislocation is no longer confined to the margins. Reform is surging in the polls and our media landscape itself is splintering. Michael Gove has warned that the mood increasingly resembles the 1930s. He is right to be alarmed. Ordinary people are rapidly losing faith that politics can deliver.
Britain has not seen serious social and political unrest since the 1970s, a decade that was itself the worst for political violence since the Great Unrest of 1911. But, as Conservative MP Neil O’Brien has warned, we now face a “confluence of problems” that risks taking the country into uncharted waters. Fringe figures are finding new audiences, and political instability is no longer hypothetical. Elites fret about disinformation and online radicalisation. They should be looking at energy bills instead.
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