Right-wing papers are preparing the Tories’ downfall over net zero
As with their coverage of Liz Truss’s leadership, the Sun, Mail and Telegraph are out of touch with public opinion.
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Jonn Elledge
Jonn Elledge is a freelance journalist and author, formerly assistant editor of the New Statesman. His work includes The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything: All the Facts You Didn’t Know You Wanted to Know (2021) and Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for Them (2022).
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