Actuality and Environmental 'Polispeak'

'Polispeak' (my word) is shorthand for a tendency of vote-hungry politicians to lie about environmental issues, to simply gain traction with a confused public. Carten Jung (Senior Economist at the Institute for Public Policy Research) has made a convincing case for need for higher UK public investment to deal with environmental challenges (https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/08/britain-investment-spending-green-projects-keir-starmer). Jung maintains the UK needs more public investment, to upgrade its energy system; "accelerate the switch to renewables and help make homes and industry more efficient". This, he says, would create new jobs, as well as making the country "less vulnerable to the whims of global energy markets". This is rejected by some politicians who claim such investment would simply increase inflation. There's actually no evidence this is the case. These nay-sayers would prefer reductions in tax, as pre-election bribes (sounds like 'pork barrel' politics?). The UK government also seems intent on pushing a bill through parliament to 'max out' on North Sea oil and gas reserves. They claim it will protect this country's energy reserves. Even a number of their own MPs, won't support this move. It's well-established that any extra hydrocarbons will simply be sold to the highet bidder on the global energy markets (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/08/alok-sharma-i-wont-back-uk-government-oil-and-gas-bill). Boosting the extraction of more North Sea oil and gas, also makes the UK look extremely shifty. Britain has repeatedly claimed to be a 'world leader' but doesn't even follow the advice of its own Climate Change Committee. Proponents of 'Polispeak' will have a a lot to answer for as the climate crisis worsens. Household budgets and those of major economies, are very different things.