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I know, i refuse to be controlled, I finish my job near Tory Cowbridge today, a few of lads know you, starting a new job back in a red district on Monday. If it was 2 years on I'd have looked to put my feet up and join the sick note Britain Brigade, however being working class outta Roath, Ely, Rumney and Splott have chosen to put some more PAYE into the system
Rishi Sunak v Robinson Interview
"Here are the facts... We've committed to reducing our emissions by 68 percent.
"Here are some of the other countries' targets: the EU - just 55 percent; Australia 45 percent; America 40 percent; Canada around 20 percent; New Zealand 18 percent.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...2af8c6c5&ei=50
Good interview in my books.
Mr Robinson mistakenly accused the PM of talking about "where we've been" rather than "where we're going".
Mr Sunak pointed out that the targets he just listed off are the 2030 targets, "so that's where we're going and we're going faster than anyone else".
The PM found it equally easy to defend his decision to push back the deadline on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars, telling Nick Robinson his arguments were "an easy thing to rebut".
Mr Robinson said EV manufacturers "will not have the incentive to invest".
"So if people want to talk about 'global leadership' those are the facts we should be dealing with."
Mr Sunak hit back in a blunt 10-point retort: "Well that's an easy thing to rebut. Because if you look at our target of 2035, it's completely aligned with pretty much every other major economy.
"France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Canada, California, New York, Massachusetts, Sweden.
"So in an industry that is global and integrated, it's very hard to argue that somehow, you know, we will be at a disadvantage when we're aligning our date with that of pretty much every other major country."
He added that given manufacturers operate globally and every other major country has gone with a target of 2035, the Government's new target "seems entirely sensible".
In the same interview, Mr Sunak argued Margaret Thatcher would have "agreed" with his approach to Net Zero targets, despite her being a trailblazer in telling the world about the need to look after the environment.
The PM joined his Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch in passionately defending the new policy approach this morning, with Ms Badenoch having a row on Sky News about whether poor Brits drive cars.
The Business Secretary accused Sky News's Jayne Secker of making "ludicrous" claims over net zero.
Same ere forged in Llanrummney , never been out of work , don't do sick , had house reprocessed when mortgages were of the wall at 9 % , divorced as a result of money pressures , did two jobs to recover and pay for the Court Administration Order ,there were days where id didn't eat , odd shop lift of milk and bread got me trough , you'd be surprised how many full un drink pints are left outside pubs ,did I give in nope .
Which governments , if were one of the best and only impacting on 1% got a feeling there maybe other countries out there, and opposition parties funding demonstrators for their own a political agenda ,instead of coming together as one to save the planet , same with NHS Labour have no real desire to fix it as it is a marvellous political tool ,why fix it when you use it ?
Why the big conspiracy? You realise that getting to net zero costs a shit load right, and would hurt the poorest most?
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Thats balanced against the policy aims, but why do you have to see some kind of shadowy conspiracy in it?
Statement deems quite open to me. I can well understand why environmentalists don't like it but I can see where he is coming from especially when we have decarbonised faster than others
I wondered how long it would take.
Anybody with a brain can see through this from the tone of the speech itself and the circumstances sunak finds himself in. If you want to believe that politicians are virtuously floating through life doing god's work then you can, I think the evidence suggests it is a deeply cynical game and this move is no different.
And yes really honest and open to reel off a list of scary policies that don't exist and tell people he has scrapped them, really? That's the kind of fear mongering politics you want, and from an official televised Downing Street press conference? Demeaning the office doesn't really cover it but after the last few years nothing surprises me.
I think you accused me of being naive recently..
Hate to break it to you Eric, but no, not everyone sees things the way you do.
Like I said, I can see why people don't like what he said, but the reality is that all policies come with huge costs and benefits and on this one they've realigned things to push them both down the road.
Fear mongering?! No idea what you are talking about there. Again, whatever else he said, I don't think he's the one using fear to push through a policy.
If you want to believe there is far more to it than that then that's up to you
I shall. From what you have said so far, I don't think you watched the speech in full, I would urge you to..
Here is some honesty and integrity for you though, a graphic from Rishi's twitter.
real_policies_honest.jpg
https://twitter.com/RishiSunak/statu...648509467?s=20
2 of those are completely imaginary..
'I am the only one who can save you from [made up thing]' is politician scaremongering 101 and 'new approach' indicates that these were part of the existing approach.
It is lying.
I did watch it. And I appreciate it's a political speech, but every political speech presents such ideas and suggests their party is the one to solve that issue.
The bigger picture here is that many western nations are realising the cost of net zero and realising that it needs to be delivered in a politically and economically sustainably manner also.
That's the bigger picture. Macron have a not dissimilar speech a couple of months ago.
https://www.france24.com/en/environm...rialise-france