The hard-right populist party is currently mired in a funding controversy and only has a handful of MPs, yet, until recently, it had been leading in national polls for more than a year. As seen with many similar parties across Europe and beyond, a rejection of climate science is central to Reform's ideological outlook.
The hard-right populist party is currently mired in a funding controversy and only has a handful of MPs, yet, until recently, it had been leading in national polls for more than a year.
As seen with many similar parties across Europe and beyond, a rejection of climate science is central to Reform's ideological outlook.
Richard Tice, the party's deputy leader, is a vocal critic of what he calls " net stupid zero " and has incorrectly blamed "the sun or volcanoes" for human-caused global warming.
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The hard-right populist party is currently mired in a funding controversy and only has a handful of MPs, yet, until recently, it had been leading in national polls for more than a year. As seen with many similar parties across Europe and beyond, a rejection of climate science is central to Reform's ideological outlook. Richard Tice, the party's deputy leader, is a vocal critic of what he calls " net stupid zero " and has incorrectly blamed "the sun or volcanoes" for human-caused global warming.
As Reform's energy spokesperson, Tice has also been clear that, if the party were ever to form a national government, it would scrap the UK's net-zero target, support fossil-fuel expansion and tear up existing contracts for renewable energy.
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