in 2005/06, david cameron was pushing this idea, vote blue , i.e. tory, and go green . well, now what we see are very senior conservatives backing away, explicitly backing away from the commitments to cut emissions very significantly by 2030 and to get to net zero by 2050. your party no longer buys it? 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, not just 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 in a minority. the public are not ready for it. craig mackinlay, the chairman
against the green agenda? i m mindful that when you entered politics back in 2005/06, david cameron was pushing this idea, vote blue , ie tory, and go green . well, now what we see are very senior conservatives backing away, explicitly backing away from the commitments to cut emissions very significantly by 2030 and to get to net zero by 2050. your party no longer buys it? 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 in a minority. the public are not ready for it. craig mackinlay,
particularly inside your conservative party, against the green agenda? i m mindful that when you entered politics back in 2005/06, david cameron was pushing this idea, vote blue , ie tory, and go green . well, now what we see are very senior conservatives backing away, explicitly backing away from the commitments to cut emissions very significantly by 2030 and to get to net zero by 2050. your party no longer buys it? 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, not just 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 in a minority. the