{"id":71059,"date":"2023-07-27T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=71059"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T12:46:23","slug":"most-people-in-the-uk-think-the-theat-from-climate-change-is-really-serious-so-why-are-politicians-pandering-to-the-minority-who-do-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/07\/27\/most-people-in-the-uk-think-the-theat-from-climate-change-is-really-serious-so-why-are-politicians-pandering-to-the-minority-who-do-not\/","title":{"rendered":"Most people in the UK think the theat from climate change is really serious. So why are politicians pandering to the minority who do not?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-uk\/one-four-britons-think-climate-change-out-control\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from IPSOS Mori<\/a> today:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-71060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-13.40.48-550x304.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-13.40.48-550x304.png 550w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-13.40.48-542x300.png 542w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-13.40.48-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-13.40.48-600x332.png 600w, https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-27-at-13.40.48.png 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seventy-seven per cent of people in this country think climate change is a serious threat.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, our politicians are treating it as a minor inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p>In a very real sense, it is appropriate to ask what planet they are on.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope that the public does no longer tolerate them.<\/p>\n<p>Climate change and central bankers are the biggest threats to our economy right now, with politicians coming in a short head behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from IPSOS Mori today: Seventy-seven per cent of people in this country think climate change is a serious threat. At the same time,<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2023\/07\/27\/most-people-in-the-uk-think-the-theat-from-climate-change-is-really-serious-so-why-are-politicians-pandering-to-the-minority-who-do-not\/\"><em> Read the full article&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,108,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corruption","category-environment","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71061,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71059\/revisions\/71061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}