Despite all this, Reform's project is doomed. Too many ppl still care about climate change, including their own supporters.
Worse, Reform in government are deeply corrupt and inept - time is not on their side
8/10 of the most flood prone UK constituencies will likely vote Reform in at the next general election. Locals, inc farmers, all want to see action taken to protect communities from climate impacts. Reform's anti-climate stance could cost them dearly
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Reform is building an anti-climate social bloc around the 'common sense' idea that action on climate change is worse than climate change itself
But contradictions are already building; Reform won't be able to make its anti-net zero politics work.
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Big Oil has a vast network of petrol stations making money from retail sales. BYD is going to kill all of that. There are over 50k ppl working in petrol stations in the UK alone
BYD is building 1000s charging stations in car dealerships, McDonalds, and other retail partners
Vol. 19: entrevista com Hito Steyerl sobre slop da IA. Artigos de: @coeckelbergh.bsky.social sobre a encíclica papal; Frédéric Lordon sobre IA e luta de classes; @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social sobre a dependência química do petróleo. Resenha de Felipe Fauri sobre Jonathan Crary. 👇
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Reform's war against net zero: a new historical bloc?
In Part 1 I explore the local politics of Reform's project.
In Part 2 I move to their efforts to bring workers and businesses together against net zero
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The ECIU suggest the charging built out could generate up to 35k jobs, from the currently 12,000 EV charging jobs that already exist in the UK – or up to 71,500 when including jobs across the nationwide supply chain.
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Not even flooding or actual climate impacts creates the grounds for climate action.
The neoliberal myth of the household budget enables Reform to pit net zero against flood defences as a zero sum choice for cash strapped local governments
Reform are trying to bring together betrayed workers and local anti-development campaigners into a historical bloc. This is made easier by the pervasive fraud and shoddy work of the transition.
The transition increasingly seems like a scam to many people.
Reform are cashing in.
This is yet another nail in Europe's car-shaped coffin
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Electric vehicle (EV) charging will provide the foundation for a £385bn contribution to the UK economy from transport electrification over a decade, a new economic assessment of the sector has found.
