In fact, I hate tree huggers.
Source, in full
Reported (but officially denied) comments to the Shadow Cabinet after a presentation from Ed Miliband (Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero), as cited in "'I hate tree huggers': How Starmer apparently exploded over Labour’s green policy" The Independent (10 July 2023)
Notes from Wikiquote
The claim originally appeared in a Sunday Times article on 9 July 2023.