in his notes, talked about a day trip to a peppa pig theme park, and imitated a car. here s ros atkins with a rundown of how the speech went and what the reaction has been. in the north east of england, the cbi s annual conference was addressed by the prime minister. good morning, everybody. it s fantastic to be here in tyneside, one of the big net exporting regions in the whole of the uk. it was an orthodox start to the speech, but soon we were into more unusual territory. when presenting a ten point plan to support businesses going green, mrjohnson compared himself to moses. he also quoted lenin. and then made this pitch for electric cars. evs may not burble like sucking doves, and they may not have that vrrrom vrrrom raaah raaah that you like, but they have so much torque that they move off the lights faster than a ferrari. as the daily mail noted, mrjohnson attempted an impression of a traditional petrol engine, issuing a series of guttural sounds to confuse
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