00:00Making promises and not delivering is exactly the reason that the political class has lost trust.
00:06The only way that we can regain it is to tell the unvarnished truth.
00:11Net zero by 2050 is impossible.
00:16I don't say that with pleasure.
00:18I want a better future and a better environment for our children.
00:22But we have to get real.
00:24Anyone who has done any serious analysis knows it cannot be achieved
00:29without a significant drop in our living standards, or worse, by bankrupting us.
00:35Responsible leaders don't indulge in fictions which are going to make families poorer
00:40or mortgage their children's future.
00:43Without the rest of the world doing the same,
00:45we are making our country less safe, less secure, and less resilient.
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