"From lockdown to net zero, Sir Patrick Vallance seems wedded to fearmongering"
Telegraph: 1st June 2024: Camilla Tominey examining latest pronouncements of former civil servant
"...Sir Patrick... a household name during the pandemic as Britain’s chief scientific adviser... Warns that the race to net zero should be treated with the same immediacy as the search for a Covid vaccine..."...
...Appearing to criticise Tory plans to delay the implementation of some net-zero policies...
...Following Sue Gray’s defection from the Cabinet Office to become Starmer’s chief of staff, we now see the true colours of yet another former civil servant...
...What we really need when it comes to these sorts of totemic issues is unhurried and well-balanced decision-making, based on understanding for those set to lose out financially or socially. We lacked that during the pandemic... graphs presented by Sir Patrick... suggested that the UK would see up to 1,500 Covid deaths a day within weeks, were criticised...
...We must learn from the mistakes of Covid... we locked down for much longer than we needed... Rushing into decarbonisation will have a similarly damaging effect..."
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