Political Dynamics of Climate Policy

Remember. It’s darkest before…things go totally pitch black.

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Whether originating with the late Senator John McCain, Paul Newman, Mao, or John McCain quoting Mao, we love that line. 

Embrace the dark. When you stop being afraid of the dark, your eyes get pretty good. 

You might even spot some undead types who are back from the grave and up to no good. And I think there might be some types up to no good, here in Britain. It’s one thing for Nigel Farage to suddenly look odds-on to form the next government here leading Reform UK’s right-populist anti-climate party, should this week’s UK local election results be predictive to the next general election.

The real question is whether the incumbent UK government will stay the course or join the “vibe shift” of deciding there’s short-term political profit in sacrificing long-term climate survival. 

Thankfully, for this third episode of the early May holiday weekend, necessary for the insane news cycle, for these conversations we were joined by Holly Brazier-Tope, deputy director of politics at UK think tank Green Alliance; UK-based climate journalist and 6th-dan-blackbelt Bluesky shitposter Dave Vetter; and 

Adam Bell, director of policy at Stonehaven, a UK consultancy.

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