Former Tory Minister could be 鈥渧ery tempted鈥� to support Labour on climate
Lord Goldsmith says 鈥淚'm desperately hoping the Conservative party comes to its senses鈥�
Former Environment Minister Lord Goldsmith has said any party that doesn't have a clear answer to climate change does not deserve to be supported.
In an interview with Stephen Sackur for the 主播大秀 HARDtalk programme the environmentalist who recently resigned from his ministerial post said he was unsure whether he could support the Conservative government at the next general election. He said, 鈥淚'm desperately hoping the Conservative party comes to its senses. I don't think a mainstream political party merits any support at all at the polls unless it has a comprehensive, coherent answer to what is the biggest challenge we've ever faced.鈥�
Talking about the Labour Party leader Keir Starmer鈥檚 recent pledges to tackle climate change he said: 鈥淭here's no solution to climate change that does not involve nature, massive efforts to protect and restore the natural world. And at the moment, I'm not hearing any of that from the Labour Party.
But he added 鈥渋f I do, if there's a real commitment now, the kind of commitment frankly that we saw when Boris Johnson was the leader, then I'd be very tempted to throw my weight behind that party and support them in any way I could.鈥�
