Thread by @rcolvile

Question for Keir Starmer - when he says we can cut 'the substantial majority of our emissions' by the end of this decade, does he mean 'more than half'? If so, can I have some of whatever he's smoking?

Here's a chart of UK domestic emissions (which are already falling substantially, driven by the shift from coal to wind). Cutting 'the substantial majority' in that time frame is the equivalent of abolishing cars, gas-fuelled power stations, or meat, or perhaps even more than one

It is really important that all countries cut their emissions. But it's also really important that politicians stop pretending it's going to be a rapid and cost-free process. As it is, Starmer is peddling cakeism on a scale to make even Johnson blush.

(Oh, or boilers. Sorry.)

He may mean ‘cut the substantial majority of categories of emissions’ but that’s both a form of weasel words and where policy is already headed…