{"id":1010749,"date":"2021-11-14T10:28:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1010749"},"modified":"2021-11-14T10:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T15:28:40","slug":"exclusive-china-and-russia-laughing-at-boris-johnsons-net-stupid-green-agenda-richard-tice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-china-and-russia-laughing-at-boris-johnsons-net-stupid-green-agenda-richard-tice\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2013 China and Russia Laughing at Boris Johnson&#039;s &#039;Net-Stupid&#039; Green Agenda: Richard Tice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-china-and-russia-laughing-at-boris-johnsons-net-stupid-green-agenda-richard-tice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1010749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1352495522-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Reform UK leader Richard Tice said that China and Russia are \u201claughing\u201d at the United Kingdom as Prime Minister Boris Johnson virtue signals with his \u201cnet-stupid\u201d green agenda.<\/p>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/videos\/v\/2ZOKkhtR\/\">exclusive interview<\/a> with Breitbart London, Richard Tice, who is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/30\/reform-uks-tice-to-run-for-parliament-against-boris-consocialists\/\">standing for Parliament<\/a> in the special by-election in the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency next month, warned that the Tory government\u2019s Great Reset green agenda will only serve to empower the likes of China and Russia \u2014 two of the world\u2019s top polluters.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The leader of Reform UK, formerly the Brexit Party, said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u2019s plan to reach net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050 is in fact \u201cnet-stupid\u201d as it will \u201csend hundreds of thousands of British jobs to China and hundreds of billions of our money to China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tice also noted that the green push will likely see Britain reliant on Russia and France for energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you buy [gas] from Putin? Why would you buy electricity from Macron?\u201d he questioned \u2014 perhaps thinking of France\u2019s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/05\/05\/farage-criticises-france-threats-cut-off-electricity-jersey-fishing-row\/\">threats to restrict electricity supply<\/a> to the British Crown Dependency of Jersey amid a fishing dispute.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, the net-zero agenda would fundamentally change the way Britons lead their lives, Tice said, explaining that the green policies will impact everything from the cars people can drive to the amount of meat they can eat and the amount of money they can have in the bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are life-changing decisions for the whole nation, forever, at a time when literally other nations like China and Russia are looking at us, going: \u2018you silly old fools, we\u2019re literally laughing at you\u2019,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1711229946524\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive Interview: Richard Tice Says BOJO\u2019s \u2018Con-Socialists\u2019 Leading UK Down the \u2018Road to Ruin\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mc1tpxSfP8\">https:\/\/t.co\/mc1tpxSfP8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1445077195328835584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Reform UK leader argued that instead of buying gas from abroad, Britain should focus on extracting shale gas within its own territory, with the government\u2019s own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ogauthority.co.uk\/media\/2782\/bgs_decc_bowlandshalegasreport_main_report.pdf\">estimates<\/a> forecasting that the Bowland Shale deposits could provide 50 years of energy at current usage, for example.<\/p>\n<p>The government has failed to tap this resource, he said, because they have been \u201ccowardly\u201d in the face of \u201ca couple of eco-zealots and eco-bullies\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Tice said that using British shale gas would provide the country with security amid global supply chain issues, which have been exacerbated by leaders like Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin allegedly holding up supplies for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, gas prices across Europe and the United Kingdom&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/08\/european-energy-prices-soar-as-putin-holds-back-gas-supplies\/\">shot up again<\/a> after promised boosts in Russian gas supplies failed to come through. The rising cost of energy has seen energy suppliers across Britain and the EU go bankrupt over the past months, as they were locked into long-term price guarantees, which were made untenable by the increase in demand for energy when lockdown restrictions were eased.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The French have also threatened to raise the price of energy supplied to Britain and the Channel Islands if London fails to give in to demands on the number of fishing licences handed out to French boats to fish in British waters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.2608695652174\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The UK may seek to impose border carbon taxes on imports from countries that do not live up to the green vision of Boris Johnson. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCjqPCzegK\">https:\/\/t.co\/WCjqPCzegK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1458259859946852358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On top of opening up shale gas for extraction, Tice said that Britain should invest in cutting-edge technologies, such as next-generation nuclear power, hydrogen, and tidal power, arguing that this would boost domestic industry and enable Britain to sell technology abroad for additional profit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want [these technologies] designed and manufactured here in the UK, not in China. That\u2019s how you create money and jobs and keep it here in the great United Kingdom. That is literally how you make us great again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tice, alongside the former leader of Reform UK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/29\/brexit-leader-farage-pushing-for-referendum-on-green-taxes-could-be-my-latest-campaign\/\">Nigel Farage<\/a>, has been at the forefront of the call for a public referendum on the net-zero agenda. A leading figure in the Brexit movement, Tice said that the mainstream media\u2019s obsession with climate change, like the EU before it, shows that \u201cwe are on the right side of history\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m knocking on doors every day,\u201d he said. \u201cTrust me, the people know that something is wrong, they\u2019re gut instinct tells them that if it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it.<\/p>\n<p>Referencing Boris Johnson\u2019s plan to replace gas boilers, Tice said that many voters on the campaign trail have told him that they are not willing to give up their boilers, with many reticent to transition \u2014 at heavy cost \u2014 to supposedly greener heat pumps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know it\u2019s not right. So trust the people, don\u2019t trust the media, don\u2019t trust the consensus political class.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9827586206897\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reform UK\u2019s Richard Tice to Stand for Parliament Against Boris\u2019s Build Back Better Agenda <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FaBuaBlEGv\">https:\/\/t.co\/FaBuaBlEGv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1454494808790163469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reform UK leader Richard Tice said that China and Russia are \u201claughing\u201d at the United Kingdom as Prime Minister Boris Johnson virtue signals with his \u201cnet-stupid\u201d green agenda. 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