Climate pragmatism? Give me a break. That's climate denial if anything.
If this clown ends up in power for another five years, the consequences don't bear thinking about. I may just be in a very pessimistic frame of mind (like most other Labour supporters I know) but I'm getting increasingly worried about the possibility - he's not as obvious a clown as Truss and Johnson were, so looks fairly competent by their standards, despite being stuck in a bigger ivory tower (which is fairly impressive).
Labour look toothless, and I worry that Starmer will go too far in trying to please the "traditional" Tories. In short, we're doomed. Or am I just being overly pessimistic?
I'd say you're being overly pessimistic just because I get the strong impression Sunak isn't very popular at all, including amongst many Tory supporters. The pro-EU liberal Tories don't like him. And the Johnsonites see him as a traitor. In short, he's basically not really liked by any significant bloc. And he has no ideas, besides stoking up culture wars (and even that I suspect isn't his own idea): indeed, less ideas than Boris. He's doing absolutely nothing to fix the country's problems. I suspect many would consider him the second-worst post-war PM, behind only Truss. Completely and utterly out of his depth.
The Tories are consistently behind in the opinion polls, and by a long way. Granted there was some sign of that in around 1990, but that was before Thatcher was replaced by Major and their fortunes improved. There is no Major waiting in the wings this time to rescue them.
All they will do with emails like the above is make their dwindling tribe of supporters love them even more. The rest of us will see nothing to encourage us to vote for them.
If they did win it would say something very disturbing about UK politics (basically if they win in 2024, will they ever lose?) but I really cannot see it happening. At worst we'll have a hung parliament with Labour the largest party.
The only things that could possibly make the Tories win are a) Labour slipping up catastrophically somehow (rather than being bland and inoffensive, as they are now) or b) the Tories replace Sunak with some new, charismatic leader. The only person that springs to mind there is Boris, if he somehow wangles himself back in via a byelection, and I doubt people want him again.
Remember that Starmer (sadly) almost "has" to please small-c conservatives. It was that bloc who switched to the Tories last time due to the charms of Boris and a dislike of Corbyn. He knows he will get the votes (perhaps tactical votes) of liberals and the left, and thus does not have to particularly appeal to them right now.
