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#COP27 This is very important. The world is on the brink of losing the opportunity to move together to avoid the risks of dangerous climate change. Maybe it will be a surprise to some, but #NetZero by 2040 or earlier may be actually economic.
However, simultaneously, we must square the circle, and ensure that policies focus on effectiveness and importantly on equity. It can be done.
Each country and sector, e.g. aviation & shipping, should be planning in detail how it will reduce its GHG emissions to achieve #NetZero
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Have you heard of #Hotelling’s Law? In a two party system, it says that you get most votes by minimising the political distance between the parties. It’s worked well in the past, but it’s about to bring an end to both #Labour and the #Tory party. 1/n
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Hotelling’s law worked really well for Tony #Blair. #Thatcher had moved the Tory party to the right, so #NewLabour had an opportunity to increase its vote share by also moving rightwards. 2/n
Politics had shifted. Both parties held broadly similar policies. Blair’s political stance, although to the left of Thatcher’s, was much further right than any Labour leader previously (or since). Labour was able to capture ground that the Tories had left unguarded. 3/n
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