Drill baby drill: rowing back on net zero targets

Why is Rishi Sunak giving the go ahead to drill the UK’s biggest untapped oil field in the North Sea and rowing back on net zero commitments? And as the main parties hold their annual conferences, who belongs to a political party these days and what impact do the members have on our politics?

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