‘Net zero is the wrong answer to the challenges we face’, says Reform UK leader
Trevor Phillips now asked Mr Tice about Reform’s pledge to drop the net zero pledge.
He asked whether that’s because he doesn’t believe in man-made climate change, doesn’t think that what we do makes a difference, or doesn’t really care.
“We all care about the environment,” the Reform UK leader replies.
“But the reality is that net zero is the wrong answer to the challenges that we face.”
“What we need is more trees being planted, more recycling here in the UK – not offshoring it overseas.
“We need less single use plastics and that sort of thing. That’s the way to have a positive effect on the environment.”
‘You’re smarter than that’: Trevor Phillips pushes Tice on claim white people ‘barred from jobs’
Trevor Phillips further probed the Reform UK leader on a claim made by the party that white people can be barred from applying for jobs.
When questioned, he is unable to give a specific example, but tells Trevor: “I’ll come back to you.”
Pressed further, Mr Tice says it was “all over social media”.
Trevor replies: “You’re not bringing social media as evidence to me. Come on. You’re much smarter than that.”
“It was a copy of an advert, Trevor,” Mr Tice says.
“And diversity, equality and inclusion is actually leading to… It’s driving down productivity, it’s driving down performance. And certain people are being positively discriminated against.”
Trevor says he raises the point because policy proposals should be taken seriously, but says claims like this encourage people to think of them as “cranks”.
“There’s no evidence we’re cranks, Trevor,” Mr Tice says.
“We’re going up in the polls. The Tories are sinking and that is because we have got a bold solution to save Britain.
“The country is absolutely broken and nothing Labour will do will get us growing again,” he adds.
