Climate Targets and Immigration Politics

About this episode

The episode discusses missed climate targets, immigration politics, by-election outcomes, and the financing crisis of RTÉ.

Danny McConnell and John Lee join Matt to discuss the concession that our 2030 climate targets will be missed, and ask if we need to apply the Tony Blair analysis for Britain that net zero is inappropriate. They offer their by-election analysis of the real significance of the outcomes of two by-elections for the national picture. They discuss the changing conversation on immigration and Jim O’Callaghan’s position on deporting criminals. They return to the thorny problem of financing RTÉ, and debate whether the Government is as much to blame as management for the current crisis. Brought to you by The Greenman Group. PTP+ To enjoy early access, ad-free listening and weekly bonus episodes, sign up at pathtopowerpodcast.com Get in touch: mail@pathtopowerpodcast.com Follow Matt: https://twitter.com/cooper_m https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-cooper-615a1317 https://www.instagram.com/mattcooperlastword/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Matt Cooper

Guests: Danny McConnell, John Lee

Topics covered

• climate targets
• immigration politics
• by-election analysis
• net zero
• financing RTÉ
• government accountability

Keywords

• climate change
• immigration
• by-elections
• net zero
• RTÉ financing
• Tony Blair
• government policy

Sponsors

The Greenman Group

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: RTÉ

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