Kemi Badenoch
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It's all part of the proliferation of identity politics, which goes well beyond race and religion and so on. It's even the identity of ideas. We are environmentalists. So this is what we believe in. You've got to do all these tick boxes.
It's all part of the proliferation of identity politics, which goes well beyond race and religion and so on. It's even the identity of ideas. We are environmentalists. So this is what we believe in. You've got to do all these tick boxes.
And with no one challenging or those few people who are challenged labeled as climate change deniers, I should say, they're not worried about being called skeptics. They're worried about being called climate change deniers and being ostracized. So they stay with the herd. What's everybody saying? All right, I want to be with that crowd. And you add on top of that the diminishing of free speech.
And with no one challenging or those few people who are challenged labeled as climate change deniers, I should say, they're not worried about being called skeptics. They're worried about being called climate change deniers and being ostracized. So they stay with the herd. What's everybody saying? All right, I want to be with that crowd. And you add on top of that the diminishing of free speech.
And with no one challenging or those few people who are challenged labeled as climate change deniers, I should say, they're not worried about being called skeptics. They're worried about being called climate change deniers and being ostracized. So they stay with the herd. What's everybody saying? All right, I want to be with that crowd. And you add on top of that the diminishing of free speech.
And you suddenly get a place where people are afraid to point out what's going wrong. And that's how we ended up with net zero. And throughout my time as a minister, I was constantly challenging it, saying no to things. I got some of the laws we had scaled back. But one person cannot change everything unless they are the leader and unless they are the prime minister. It all starts from the top.
And you suddenly get a place where people are afraid to point out what's going wrong. And that's how we ended up with net zero. And throughout my time as a minister, I was constantly challenging it, saying no to things. I got some of the laws we had scaled back. But one person cannot change everything unless they are the leader and unless they are the prime minister. It all starts from the top.
And you suddenly get a place where people are afraid to point out what's going wrong. And that's how we ended up with net zero. And throughout my time as a minister, I was constantly challenging it, saying no to things. I got some of the laws we had scaled back. But one person cannot change everything unless they are the leader and unless they are the prime minister. It all starts from the top.
How's that? Does that explain it?
How's that? Does that explain it?
How's that? Does that explain it?
And it's why I don't point fingers and blame. I just say, this is what we need to do. And, you know, I love the Reagan slogan of never speak ill of a fellow conservative. There's just no time for that. People just need to know there's a new leader. She does things differently. But one of the other things that I think is such a scam is that people don't know what other countries are doing.
And it's why I don't point fingers and blame. I just say, this is what we need to do. And, you know, I love the Reagan slogan of never speak ill of a fellow conservative. There's just no time for that. People just need to know there's a new leader. She does things differently. But one of the other things that I think is such a scam is that people don't know what other countries are doing.
And it's why I don't point fingers and blame. I just say, this is what we need to do. And, you know, I love the Reagan slogan of never speak ill of a fellow conservative. There's just no time for that. People just need to know there's a new leader. She does things differently. But one of the other things that I think is such a scam is that people don't know what other countries are doing.
We are, as you say... basically exporting our carbon emissions to countries that are opening up new coal-fired plants every week. It's just not serious. It's this complacency and an assumption that everything is going to be all right. And we are losing resilience. And one of the things that I tried to do was sort of save a couple of our steel workers
We are, as you say... basically exporting our carbon emissions to countries that are opening up new coal-fired plants every week. It's just not serious. It's this complacency and an assumption that everything is going to be all right. And we are losing resilience. And one of the things that I tried to do was sort of save a couple of our steel workers
We are, as you say... basically exporting our carbon emissions to countries that are opening up new coal-fired plants every week. It's just not serious. It's this complacency and an assumption that everything is going to be all right. And we are losing resilience. And one of the things that I tried to do was sort of save a couple of our steel workers
plants maybe let them turn into electric arc furnaces but we need to be able to do these things you need national resilience and you need people who understand the system who can make sure that it doesn't they don't use all these legalistic uh frameworks whether it's on cancellation judicial review etc to unwind it all and when you have a party that can see how to do things and another party that says what it wants to do but doesn't know how to do things
plants maybe let them turn into electric arc furnaces but we need to be able to do these things you need national resilience and you need people who understand the system who can make sure that it doesn't they don't use all these legalistic uh frameworks whether it's on cancellation judicial review etc to unwind it all and when you have a party that can see how to do things and another party that says what it wants to do but doesn't know how to do things
plants maybe let them turn into electric arc furnaces but we need to be able to do these things you need national resilience and you need people who understand the system who can make sure that it doesn't they don't use all these legalistic uh frameworks whether it's on cancellation judicial review etc to unwind it all and when you have a party that can see how to do things and another party that says what it wants to do but doesn't know how to do things