so, i m delighted that he gets that, and i think he does get that. my concern about the labour party at the moment and i don t say this as a tribal politician because i m not a tribal politician is i think there is a blind spot on the natural environment. so everything, when the labour party thinks environment, when it talks about the environment, it s thinking carbon and taxation, regulation and all the things that go with that. and the simple truth is there is no pathway to net zero, there s no solution to climate change that does not involve nature, massive efforts to protect and restore the natural world. and at the moment, i m not hearing any of that from the labour party. if i do, if there s a real commitment, the kind of commitment, frankly, that we saw when borisjohnson was the leader, then i would be very tempted to throw my weight behind that party and support them in any way i could. incidentally, i would support them anyway in their efforts on these issues, because it s
i would say, and it s very hard to measure this, but i would say there are more people in the parliamentary party, and it s probably true of members as well, who are committed to seeing through the commitments we ve made on the environment, notjust carbon, but on the broader environment as well, than those people who are pushing back. unfortunately, those who push back are tougher, they re louder, they re more aggressive and they re effective at grabbing the mic. priti patel, former home secretary, we need to pause all of this activity. and she is n a minority. the public are not ready for it. craig mackinlay, the chairman of a new group, i think they ve got more new members than the net zero scrutiny group. you could name 30 or a0 people, no doubt. i m telling you, one group has more than 50 mps and their numbers are growing. but then equally, there are many, many more members in the conservative environment network, which is committed to net zero, which is committed to the broade
basically, you decided that you were going to stick with your mate, and that. not at all. ..is the reason why rishi sunak had no trust or faith in you. not at all. i think he did have confidence in me doing thisjob, i did a good job as environment minister. i think that on the world stage, the uk on my watch became the world leader on the environment, on climate. that s been recognised by countries all around the world, as we saw when i stepped down. my loyalty, i m a friend, of course, of borisjohnson in the political context. he s not someone i knew before i entered politics. hang on, you re a friend in every context you lent him your home in marbella! hang on a second. my loyalty, as anyone i ve worked with since i was 18 and became a committed environmentalist, will know, anyone in good faith will tell you my loyalty is to these issues. i am deeply concerned by what s happening to the natural world, i ve committed my life to tackling these issues. small time personality politics
the market has decided this transition is going to happen. coal use fell faster under president trump than it did under president 0bama despite all his efforts to prop it up. with respect, you re not answering my specific question, which many people will be very interested to hear your answer. no, you re right. so, i m delighted that he gets that, and i think he does get that. my concern about the labour party at the moment, and i don t say this as a tribal politician, because i m not a tribal politician, is that i think there is a blind spot on the natural environment. so everything, when the labour party thinks environment, when it talks about the environment, it s thinking carbon and taxation, regulation and all the things that go with that. and the simple truth is there is no pathway to net zero, there s no solution to climate change that does not involve nature, massive efforts to protect and restore the natural world. and at the moment, i m not hearing any of that from the labour
a long standing, very close friend of borisjohnson, he gave you a job in government. basically, you decided that you were going to stick with your mate, and that. not at all. ..is the reason why rishi sunak had no trust or faith in you. not at all. i think he did have confidence in me doing thisjob, i did a good job as environment minister. i think that on the world stage, the uk on my watch became the world leader on the environment, on climate. that s been recognised by countries all around the world, as we saw when i stepped down. my loyalty, i m a friend, of course, of borisjohnson in the political context. he s not someone i knew before i entered politics. hang on, you re a friend in every context you lent him your home in marbella! hang on a second. my loyalty, as anyone i ve worked with since i was 18 and became a committed environmentalist, will know, anyone in good faith will tell you my loyalty is to these issues. i am deeply concerned by what s happening to the natural wor