Kemi has just wrapped up her speech declaring that Net Zero is ‘impossible to achieve by 2050’. As expected, she didn’t deliver any concrete alternative plan, instead declaring that her current shadow team will be deployed to write reports and look at solutions for the UK’s energy future. In her speech:
After saying that the Tories don’t just exist to ‘win elections’, Kemi went on to unveil that her shadow environment secretary Claire Coutinho will ‘look at all aspects of the future of the UK’s energy sector’ to come up with ‘achievable solutions’. She said her shadow team will ‘set a series of core priority questions’, writing reports that will be ‘returned for further consideration and decision’. Meanwhile, a source close to Badenoch said the Tory leader still backs Net Zero, but not by 2050. Tories shifting to policy, kind of…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”