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China's installing hundreds of gigawatts of solar power every year.

They are not doing that because they've had a really inspiring talk from Greta Thunberg.

They're doing that for very hard-nosed reasons of their own energy security.

They are not dependent on a mad choke point in the Middle East that can apparently be closed at any time.

And they're doing it for reasons of cost.

China's electrified more of its economy than we have by about...

35% to 25%.

China has overtaken us in the race to get things clean and efficient.

But as you say, Helen, the point you are a fan of is that he's identified that you need to have a plan and execute it, even if that means annoying people.

And that does seem to be something that's...

people feel is lacking.

Whether or not it is, people really have identified the lack of a message.

We've had so many sort of missions and what were the missions, there were the pledges, there were the

But there are, I mean, ideas are being discussed, which is at least, you know, whether you like the ideas or not...

It is forcing a lot of the party to sort of have a chat with itself about whatever it might be, about defence, about health, about Brexit.

We should be dishing out some equal opportunity kickings as well.

So let's turn right.

What, from Sir Tony's?

Okay.

Let's stay exactly where Sir Tony is.