![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/pm-unloads-on-his-extreme-net-zero-critics-as-he-opens-his-first-conference/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/prime-minister-rishi-sunak-hosting-849287148.jpg&description=CHARGED-UP Published : 18:46, 1 Oct 2023 Updated : 18:46, 1 Oct 2023 CHARGED-UP Rishi Sunak unloaded on his "extreme" Net Zero critics as he opened his first Conservative Party Conference as Prime Minister. After delaying the 2030 ban on new petrol cars and vowing to end the war on motorists , he warned: 'They came for me and they will keep coming.' 1 PM Rishi Sunak hit out at woke Net Zero critics at the Conservative Party Conference Credit: PA Addressing Tory faithful last night for the first time since he seized the keys to No10 last year - despite losing a membership vote - Mr Sunak insisted his leadership was stepping up a gear. And he batted away calls for immediate tax cuts by comparing himself to prudent Margaret Thatcher. Pitching himself as the real change option at next year's election , the PM said: "We can't be dominated in this debate by people on the extremes who just think that you should do this at absolutely any cost for people, ordinary people.' Earlier on Sunday he had made a passionate defence of his slowing down of green targets, hitting out: "Change may be uncomfortable for people. People may be critical of it, but I believe on doing the right thing for the country.' And he said he would not flinch just because there had been a backlash, adding: "I'm not going to shy away from that.' 'If I believe the right thing to do is to chart a new course for net zero that will save ordinary families £5,000, £10,000, £15,000, £20,000, I'm going to do it.' He insisted "it's fine to criticise me, it's fine to disagree with me – but then you have to explain to families why you think it's right to impose those costs. 'I don't think it is and that's why we're charting a new course." On the first full day of the conference, Mr Sunak continued to be dogged by calls for tax cuts while taking heavy fire for over threatening to axe the northern leg of HS2. Cabinet big beast Michael Gove stepped up the pressure to cut taxes before the next election. The Levelling){kind=link}
CHARGED-UP Rishi Sunak unloaded on his “extreme” Net Zero critics as he opened his first Conservative Party Conference as Prime Minister.
After delaying the 2030 ban on new petrol cars and vowing to end the war on motorists, he warned: “They came for me and they will keep coming.”
Addressing Tory faithful last night for the first time since he seized the keys to No10 last year – despite losing a membership vote – Mr Sunak insisted his leadership was stepping up a gear.
And he batted away calls for immediate tax cuts by comparing himself to prudent Margaret Thatcher.
Pitching himself as the real change option at next year’s election, the PM said: “We can’t be dominated in this debate by people on the extremes who just think that you should do this at absolutely any cost for people, ordinary people.”