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I did a good job as environment minister. i think that on the world stage, the uk on my watch became the world leader on the environment, on climate. thats been recognised by countries all around the world, as we saw when i stepped down. my loyalty, im a friend, of course, of borisjohnson in the political context. hes not someone i knew before i entered politics. hang on, youre a friend in every context — you lent him your home in marbella! hang on a second. my loyalty, as anyone ive worked wi...

Not at all. i think he did have confidence in me doing thisjob, i did a good job as environment minister. i think that on the world stage, the uk on my watch became the world leader on the environment, on climate. thats been recognised by countries all around the world, as we saw when i stepped down. my loyalty, im a friend, of course, of borisjohnson in the political context. hes not someone i knew before i entered politics. hang on, youre a friend in every context — you lent him your home in...

Point, stephen — in every single survey that has ever been conducted, and ive commissioned a few myself, ive read many, every single one demonstrates beyond any doubt that the majority of voters, from whichever party they belong to, support greater action on biodiversity, nature on the environment. youre not reading the tea leaves. the conservative home website just did a series of polls just in the last week or two. a0%, they found — of tories, this is — oppose the net—zero target. 33% ...

You know that the house of commons works on rules, those rules have to be accepted by everybody. 0k. there is a privileges committee, it is bipartisan, and they reach their conclusions which, in the end, overwhelmingly were accepted by the house of commons. thats the system. but mps are fallible people and theyre ordinary human beings. perhaps in some respects, mps are a particular species, i dont know. you cannot expect a fair hearing when almost all of the members of a committee have already t...

"uninterested, fundamentally uninterested in the environmental challenges that face the uk nation, but the world as a whole." you say, "ive been horrified..." this was your resignation letter, "..ive been horrified as bit by bit, we have abandoned key commitments. our efforts on a wide range of domestic and environmental issues have simply ground to a standstill." and this, tragically, is the case. look, every minister who cares about their brief is always faced with the tension, when things sta...

So, im delighted that he gets that, and i think he does get that. my concern about the labour party at the moment — and i dont say this as a tribal politician because im not a tribal politician — is i think there is a blind spot on the natural environment. so everything, when the labour party thinks environment, when it talks about the environment, its thinking carbon and taxation, regulation and all the things that go with that. and the simple truth is there is no pathway to net zero, there...

I would say, and its very hard to measure this, but i would say there are more people in the parliamentary party, and its probably true of members as well, who are committed to seeing through the commitments weve made on the environment, notjust carbon, but on the broader environment as well, than those people who are pushing back. unfortunately, those who push back are tougher, theyre louder, theyre more aggressive and theyre effective at grabbing the mic. priti patel, former home secretary, "w...

The market has decided this transition is going to happen. coal use fell faster under president trump than it did under president 0bama despite all his efforts to prop it up. with respect, youre not answering my specific question, which many people will be very interested to hear your answer. no, youre right. so, im delighted that he gets that, and i think he does get that. my concern about the labour party at the moment, and i dont say this as a tribal politician, because im not a tribal politi...

He gave you a job in government. basically, you decided that you were going to stick with your mate, and that... not at all. ..is the reason why rishi sunak had no trust or faith in you. not at all. i think he did have confidence in me doing thisjob, i did a good job as environment minister. i think that on the world stage, the uk on my watch became the world leader on the environment, on climate. thats been recognised by countries all around the world, as we saw when i stepped down. my loyalty,...

Whats notable about the resignation letter isntjust whats notable about the resignation letter isnt just what whats notable about the resignation letter isntjust what he says, but he doesnt mention. he doesnt mention the committee that gave his friend borisjohnson a kicking or his criticisms of that committee had anything to do with his resignation. by anything to do with his resignation. by keeping the focus on his own governments policy, it has proved to be a gift to the opposition. imilieu to...