THE number of Brits who think the dangers of global warming are trumped up has soared by 50 per cent in four years.
Research shows one in four voters believe fears about are over-egged — with the cost of to blame.
Brits have grown more skeptical of global warming in recent years
The shock poll is a blow to Labour’s Energy Sec Ed Miliband
Another 16 per cent think global warming is not the result of human activity, compared with 11 per cent in 2021.
A survey by The Times also found than one in three people are in favour of compared to 51 per cent in 2021.
And in a huge blow to , only 16 per cent of voters said they would be prepared to pay higher gas to encourage the switch to electricity.
Professor Wouter Poortinga, of Cardiff University, told The Times: “Climate change is being politicised in the same way that has been done in the
“If you have standing up saying that we’re going to drill, baby, drill, that will have a polarising effect.”
The survey also found climate change had slipped down the list of topics important to voters.
In 2021 it had been fourth but is now behind the and , but is still above education, transport and .
Another part of the poll showed only one in four voters thought green initiatives could
leader Ms Badenoch said the polls showed plans to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 will not work.
She added: “ is living in a fantasy land while families pay the price.
“That is why I have said plainly – net zero in its current form is impossible.”
