Liam Halligan

And then 500,000 more in related industries, often in parts of the country that don't have many decent jobs.

Right.

You know, the fact that we now have a situation where car makers in the UK, 22% last year, this year, 28% of the cars they sell must be pure electric vehicles, not hybrids, pure electric vehicles.

But guess what?

The punters don't want them.

The punters don't want them because the charging network is really ropey and really expensive.

They don't want them because the secondhand market for electric vehicles is awful.

They don't want them because in many cases they're unreliable.

So carmakers can't actually sell enough vehicles to get to 28%.

And under our rules in the UK, insane, they're

charged a fine of 15,000 pounds, you know, getting on for 20,000 US dollars per vehicle that is below that 28%.

So what are they doing?

They're rationing.

They're not making petrol and diesel vehicles ahead of the 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles, which means the new petrol and diesel vehicles are going up in price, people can't get them, and they're laying off

Workers so UK car production it went down 14% last year in the first two months of this year It's gone down another 14% from that much lower base and the car companies are laying people off BMW because of our electric vehicle rules, you know imposed by Ed Miliband who is completely out of control and needs to be I think reined in I think he's actually dangerous with some of his Policies at the moment

BMW are now not building the electric mini at Cowley in Oxford, right?

Cowley has been a center of car manufacturing for over 100 years.

This is one of the most sophisticated car plants in Europe.

And BMW are probably not going to come back.

They're not saying that now, but they're probably not going to come back.