How Some Conservatives Would Follow Reform’s Lead – But Others Prefer the Guardian Set

Kemi Badenoch says she wants to repeal the Climate Change Act. Theresa May calls it a “catastrophic mistake.” Alok Sharma warns it would ruin Britain’s reputation. And once again, the Conservative Party looks like what it has always been: split, confused, and chasing after ideas they never had the courage to own.

Let’s be clear: the Conservatives are not suddenly converts to common sense. They are a party of careerists who spent nearly two decades worshipping at the altar of Net Zero, only to now flirt with Reform UK’s position because they can see which way the wind is blowing.

Two Tory Camps

Inside today’s Conservative Party, you can see the divide:

The “Reform copycats” – Badenoch, Coutinho, and a handful of others who are suddenly talking about cheap electricity, repealing rigid carbon budgets, and putting Britain first. But they are latecomers. Every word they now borrow was said by Reform UK months or even years ago.

The “Guardian set” – May, Sharma, and the green lobbyists who cling to the dogma of the Climate Change Act as if it were sacred scripture. They’re cheered on by the Guardian and the BBC, who still present Net Zero as the only “respectable” position, even as bills skyrocket and farmland disappears under Chinese solar panels.

The truth? Both camps wear the same blue rosette. Neither can be trusted.

Too Little, Too Late

The Conservatives have been in government for 14 years. If they truly wanted to scrap or reform the Climate Change Act, they had endless opportunities. Instead:

They enshrined Net Zero into law under May.

They handed Britain’s energy future to quangos like the Climate Change Committee.

They drove up electricity costs, forcing families and businesses into hardship.

They let Yorkshire’s farmland and countryside be swallowed by solar sprawl and BESS fire risks.


Now, on the eve of electoral wipeout, they pretend to change course. It’s not conviction. It’s desperation.

Reform Set the Agenda

What’s happening today is simple:

Reform UK forced the issue. We said Net Zero is unaffordable, undemocratic, and destructive. We said Britain needs sovereign energy, nuclear SMRs, and rooftop solar innovation — not the destruction of farmland and the fantasy of 100% renewables.

And now the Conservatives scramble to copy our words. The difference is this: Reform means it.

Same Old Tories

Don’t be fooled by the noise in Westminster. This “civil war” isn’t about principle. It’s about positioning. One wing parrots Reform because they fear losing votes. The other wing clings to Net Zero because they crave applause from the Guardian set.

Either way, it’s still the same Conservative Party: divided, weak, and never on the side of ordinary people.

Britain needs real change, not blue-on-blue drama. And that change will only come with Reform.