Sunak’s Net Zero speech. At last, we may begin finding out who he really is.
Paul Goodman
“Cameron has a “long-term economic plan”. Yesterday, Sunak spoke of “long-term decisions” – the opening shot in his campaign to frame the next election as Change v Sir Keir Starmer.”
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Brand’s return to the front pages should make us reflect on why he was there in the first place
Henry Hill
“Where the consumer is king, those who can best package the darker corners of ourselves can do very well indeed.”
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William Atkinson
“Reports suggest that Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt plan to both scrap HS2’s northern link between Birmingham and Manchester, and to stop the line terminating at London Euston. ”
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The Conservatives have a good chance of holding Mid Bedfordshire
Andrew Gimson
“The voters most disgusted by the behaviour of Nadine Dorries, the outgoing MP, are disgusted by the other parties too, and will not vote.”
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From immigration to housing to the Lords, we’ll regret leaving reform to Labour
Peter Franklin
“Instead of a Conservative housing policy that emphasises home ownership and architectural beauty, it will now be done the Labour way. When tower blocks start rising over the Home Counties, I hope that our remaining MPs realise their mistake.”
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Britain isn’t ready for the vast amounts of construction the clean energy revolution will demand
Sir John Redwood MP
“Shifting heating and transport to electric devices only disguises emissions unless they are powered by a clean grid – and even if not, the extra demand on the system will require vast amounts of new cables and pylons.”
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Sam Richards
“If the Government is serious about planning reforms and changes to the way we hook stuff up to the grid, it’s just possible today’s speech could end up accelerating the rollout of electric cars, and the deployment of new clean energy.”
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Bim Afolami MP
“The announcements made today are a positive continuation of our existing environmental policy, and a fine example of the Prime Minister’s pragmatic, and somewhat unsentimental approach to the major issues of the day.”
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Simon Clarke MP
“I believe firmly that it is in our environmental, economic, moral, and – yes – political interests as Conservatives to make sure we lead on this issue rather than talk it down. We shouldn’t be coy about putting forward this positive vision.”
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Sunak’s Net Zero speech. It may scarcely cut through to voters at all outside the bubble.
James Frayne
“Time will tell, but my impression is that the way the announcement was made – and, crucially, reported – means it’ll have a marginally negative impact overall.”