It's barely mentioned in the election campaign or reported in the media. But a powerful faction of Tory ministers, ex-ministers and backbench MPs are bent on using Brexit to ignite a massive bonfire of 'spirit-crushing' laws on wildlife protection, air and water pollution, pesticides, renewable energy and public health, writes Brendan Montague. At risk are not just EU directives and regulations but even the UK's own Climate Change Act. May's Brexit may not just be hard, but very, very dirty.
Conservatives' hard right Brexit plans: UK's great leap backwards to 'dirty man of Europe' Brendan Montague | 27th April 2017 News Politics UK EU Brexit Pollution Pesticides Wildlife Law Conservation …