LIZ Truss has revealed she unsuccessfully tried to “cancel” the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
In her new book Ten Years to Save the West, the former prime minister said it was “ironic” that after lobbying
Truss wrote: “With an estimated price tag of over £200 million, I strongly questioned whether organising this jamboree should be a priority for the government. I was in a minority of one yet again.negotiations, and I thought the last thing the UK needed was to host tens of thousands of delegates at an international shindig that was bound to create more hot air than genuine environmental solutions.
The former prime minister said she had however enjoyed attending the Glasgow conference – allowing her to visit her “old stomping ground” of nearby Paisley – and used it to “pursue my agenda on the margins”.She wrote: “It was ironic that, after trying to cancel COP26, I should end up being a key host of the event.
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