> Of course he would say that. He's a senator.
> Of course [they] would say that. [They're Tory leaning].
Except this bit is true.
Post-Brexit, the incumbent Tory government has been desperate to frame everything in a "UK first" or "Great British" light, even if it is patently not true or some massaging of the data is required to make it appear so.
Therefore, whilst I am not necessarily disputing the headline statement, the point I am making is that it would have been nice to see a link to an impartial, independent website (preferably with raw data attached) rather than a known Tory-leaning rag.
And in relation to emissions in particular, just look at the way the present government fought the Uxbridge by-election on the basis of a complete pack of scaremongering lies about ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone). That was in August 2023, and a leopard doesn't change its spots.
The article and topic aren't overtly political, no need to make it.
The link is to The Spectator, a Tory leaning publication.
Not quite as bad as the Torygraph in terms of being a Tory government mouthpiece, but heading in that direction.
(For those not familiar, Torygraph = The Telegraph, a newspaper that basically prints whatever the Tory PR department tells it to, hence the nickname).