Kemi Badenoch has said that net zero by 2050 is impossible and she has the evidence to prove it. Now she needs to prove she has the energy to take on the reform Britain so badly needs, says James Price

At last, I have seen the Kemi Badenoch that her supporters see. The leader of the opposition has had a quiet few months since getting elected to what is widely regarded as the worst job in politics, but the contours of her leadership are beginning to emerge. Speaking at a superb redevelopment in St Pancras, where Victorian arches that once stored coal delivered to London from the North now house bustling shops and restaurants, the Tory boss set out her first major policy intervention. And it was a welcome one.

Admitting that the eco emperor is actually wearing net zero clothes, Badenoch did what I have been calling for politicians to do for years – backed up her assertions with evidence mid-speech. Recalling Chris ‘next slide please’ Whitty, she laid bare the impossibility of Britain reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with graphs and infographics that show just how........

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