Simon Miller

.@RishiSunak was like the Wizarrd of Oz today - just said as much on @SkyPoliticsHub with @SophyRidgeSky & @JustineGreening (who talks a lot of sense). My overwhelming impression is that nothing really happened today - the pushing back of the fossil fuel car ban will undermine confidence in the UK, but won’t slow down the transition to electric cars - because the industry are on it. This was really just a pose. The gas boiler thing was totally something and nothing.  And the rest was all made up - there was no policy to have seven bins, tax meat or flying. In classic Sunak style, he denied he was doing exactly what he was - making a short term political move at the expense of the long term.  Fortunately he doesn’t have a long term in No.10. But seeking to polarise public opinion around a false narrative (we can only have green or cheap) to give himself some toehold in the election, that’s beyond contempt.