Conservative. Youre also pretty much a lifelong campaigner for the environment. Right now, does it feel like those two commitments are incompatible . Oh, no. Theyre just temporarily in abeyance because the government is so fixated on trying to do something to rescue the next election, that theyre trying to put a difference between their reaching net zero in a way which doesnt hurt people, and blaming the opposition for wanting to reach net zero in a way which does hurt people. I think its a pretty barmy way of dealing with it. But in the end, of course, its also damaging, notjust to the earth, but the fact is, its very bad for the cost of living, because the sort of things that mr sunak wants to do will hold up reducing energy prices, getting things to people in a cheaper way. But rishi sunak s entire logic is that what he is doing by adapting the way in which the uk is committing itself to the net zero target of 2050, what hes doing is protecting the interests of, as he puts it, Worki