The "bad example" in this case would be the Fuel Duty Escalator, a policy to ratchet up fuel tax year-by-year in order to fund sustainable transport and simulta

The "bad example" in this case would be the Fuel Duty Escalator, a policy to ratchet up fuel tax year-by-year in order to fund sustainable transport and simultaneously make inefficient vehicles unattractive. The government bottled just as it was starting to bite. Arguably, it was ahead of its time - as opposed to this announcement, which is almost tardy - but it's a sad truth that one of the "pragmatic concerns" is whether or not it'll annoy the sitting party's voting base.