BBC Question Time’s Fiona Bruce threatens to ‘gag’ Reform MP Richard Tice in heated debate

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BBC Question Time's Fiona Bruce threatens to 'gag' Reform MP Richard Tice in heated debate.Credit: BBC

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00:00and it's a really stark situation

00:03because we are already seeing the impacts

00:05of climate breakdown, both here in the UK,

00:08farmers seeing their fields flooded,

00:09people's homes being flooded, extreme heat.

00:12And those scenes we saw during COVID

00:14of not enough food on the supermarket shelves

00:17will become all too common

00:18if we don't not only get climate in check,

00:21but also become far more resilient

00:23to the changes that are coming down the track.

00:24And we were talking earlier about security,

00:26that's got to include food security,

00:28energy security and being far more resilient

00:30with these things as well.

00:32I don't think the government has a proper resilience plan.

00:35And we've got to step up our efforts

00:37because I want to be able to look my children,

00:40future generations in the eye and say,

00:42we have done everything we can.

00:44And not only that, we've taken the opportunity we have

00:47to create a better future.

00:49Because if you look at the investment

00:51that we need to put in to tackle the climate crisis,

00:54what will that create?

00:55Well, it will create lower bills and warmer homes

00:58because we'll have better home insulation.

00:59How's that going so far?

01:00Richard, I will come to you.

01:02We've got higher bills, higher bills.

01:04Hang on, hang on, Richard, I will come to you.

01:07It's not going very well, is it?

01:09Come on, Adrian.

01:10It's not going very well.

01:10Richard, you criticise net zero,

01:12but your economic plans have net zero credibility.

01:15The fact is that the green economy

01:17is growing three times faster than the economy as a whole.

01:19And you ask why we're not seeing enough home insulation.

01:21Hang on, hang on.

01:22You ask why we're not seeing enough renewable energy.

01:24Why is our public transport not good enough?

01:26Why are we not supporting our farmers enough?

01:28I agree, we need the government to be far stronger

01:30on all these things.

01:31And if you look at what the Climate Change Committee

01:33said just last week,

01:34they said we can have this hopeful future

01:37that's more equal,

01:38where we've got the food and energy we need locally.

01:40We've got the jobs rich.

01:41And Adrian, how much money did they say we have to spend?

01:45Richard, hang on, hang on.

01:46Richard, you'll get your time.

01:48Don't interrupt just for a minute.

01:49I will come to you.

01:50They said it would require 0.2% of GDP.

01:5330 to 40 billion a year.

01:55Don't lie to the British people.

01:56Richard, Richard, hang on, hang on.

01:58Richard, if you keep on interrupting,

02:00I'm gonna have to put a gag on you or something.

02:02Just, I will come to you, I promise.

02:03Right.

02:04Adrian.

02:05Adrian.

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