Spot On, Dan!

DAN WOOTTON: If Boris thinks Brits are going to pay through the nose for green boilers and electric cars while the Chinese are burning coal like there's no tomorrow he's signing his own death warrant.

DAN WOOTTON: Just imagine if Boris Johnson's (left) pitch to voters at the last election had included the stark reality of his Net Zero by 2050 agenda (heat pumps outside house, top right). GREEN PLEDGE 1: 'Er, well, you're going to have to get rid of your gas boiler - but don't worry the replacement heat pump or hydrogen boiler (which probably won't work very well) will only set you back something like £12,000.' GREEN PLEDGE 2: 'Oh, and if you want a new car, you're going to have to upgrade to an expensive electric model, even though we don't have anywhere near enough places to actually charge the damn thing at the moment.' GREEN PLEDGE 3: 'And we're doing all of this even though China (coal processing plant in China, bottom right) is going to keep destroying the environment with unrestrained zeal, but let's just not talk about that.'