Tory lobbying against air pollution laws smells of political corruption | George Monbiot

The UK government's bid to weaken EU laws to limit toxic pollution wouldn't appear in any manifesto. It reveals a party working in the interests of corporate coal rather than the public

It's interesting to note how readily modern conservatism degenerates into a defence of corporate malfeasance.

By this I don't mean a defence of corporations in general, which you might expect from a political movement aligned with the interests of wealth and power, but of the worst corporations in particular. That is not a pro-corporate position, as favouring bad practice undermines the competitive position of more responsible companies. It's a decision to side with the worst capitalists against the better capitalists.