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CHARLOTTE IVERS | COMMENT

Bereft without Brexit, the Tories have a new bone to fight over: net zero

The Sunday Times

What do you get for a political party that has finally settled the argument that has torn it apart for generations? Something new to argue about, naturally.

In early 2020, with Brexit finally done, an uneasy peace fell over the Conservative Party. Yet even at the time MPs speculated that it was too good to last.

Now a new dividing line is emerging within the Tory ranks: the question of how the government will reach its target to hit net zero by 2050. As we emerge from the pandemic, this issue will come to the fore.

As it does, it threatens to split the Conservative Party once more, with some going as far as to describe net zero as “the new Brexit”.

Many Conservative MPs