The idea that environmentalists are part of the Tories’ imaginary “anti-growth coalition” is grotesque. Conserving the environment and economic progress are not mutually incompatible, says Graham Lawton
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LIKE many people in the UK, I found out last month that I am a member of a sinister organisation called the “anti-growth coalition”. Our ex-prime minister Liz Truss (who resigned as I was writing this) first used this inane slogan at the Conservative party conference and trotted it out at every opportunity afterwards.
In case you missed it, the coalition includes Remainers, environmentalists, trades union members, protesters and people who live in north London townhouses and appear on the BBC. I tick a lot of those boxes. OK, all of them. (I am also a proud member of our …