Overzealous net zero targets open the back door to an invasion of Chinese cars on Britain’s roads
The presenters of Top Gear pulled no punches as they ridiculed Chinese cars on a visit to the country just over a decade ago. “It is the most tragic looking thing,” Jeremy Clarkson boomed, looking down at one manufacturer’s effort to imitate the iconic Mini Cooper. “Like someone has described …
Priti Patel: We must pause net zero targets; Former home secretary warns voters are being “left behind” by the pursuit of green policies
DAME PRITI PATEL has urged the Government to pause its net zero targets as she warned voters are being “left behind” by the pursuit of green policies. The former home secretary criticised a “corrosive culture” of pursuing time limited targets amid pressure on ministers to redraw some of their current …
Patel calls for review of costs for innocent ex-prisoners
DAME PRITI PATEL has called for a rethink of “utterly shameful” rules that mean innocent prisoners can be forced to pay for food and accommodation out of their compensation for being unjustly jailed. The former home secretary became the most senior Tory figure yet to call for the system to be reviewed after …
Fraudulent asylum seekers put all of us at risk
The vicious killing of Thomas Roberts, an aspiring Royal Marine, was a ghastly act of barbarity. The fact that it was committed at the hands of a liar who took advantage of this nation’s generosity, misleading officials about his age in order to be taken in as an asylum seeker, …