Plans to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars slammed by fuming voters
BORIS Johnson is facing a voter backlash over plans to ban new petrol and diesel cars sales in 2030.
Three out of five would not vote for an MP who backs the idea, a survey reveals.
There is also overwhelming support for a referendum on the Government action to hit its net zero target for harmful emissions.
Most alarming for the PM is hardening opposition to curbs on motorists among voters in the former Red Wall seats.
Some 79 per cent of them say it is unlikely or impossible he will hit a 2050 net zero goal.
The growing anger is revealed in the study of 41,000 road users, including car, van and taxi drivers, truckers, bikers, cyclists and walkers.
Tory Craig Mackinlay, chairman of the Net Zero Scrutiny group of MPs, said: “A big backlash is brewing unless we see a change of direction soon.”
FairfuelUK founder Howard Cox, who organised the survey with the Alliance of British Drivers and the Motorcycle Action Group, accused ministers of “green fantasy edicts”.
He warned it could lead to a “massacre at the ballot box” for the Tories.
