theresa may began britain's reckless adventure with net zero, even though her then chancellor philip hammond at least £1 trillion. this is the same theresa may who recently declared that she's proudly woke. well, this complacent party needs to wake up. the first step is to elect a leader who is a true conservative, who will police the borders, reduce legal immigration, and get legal immigration to a level that serves the economy but doesn't destroy society. a leader who accelerates rishi sunak's sensible move away from the worst excesses of net zero. a leader who gets taxes down, supports businesses and grows the economy. and the new leader is going to have to build a relationship and form a soft political coalition with nigel farage and reform uk, because the tories are now like an ailing business that will only survive with a merger. why? well, because the maths just don't add up with reforms. 4.1 million votes at the last election , which i promise you election, which i promise you will grow. the conservatives have no hope of forming an overall majority without reform support. a sobering

and he sounded like sort of the caricature of philip hammond back when he was chancellor. was called eeyore in the press because he was so dour and down. well, it seems that the prime minister has switched from being eeyore and is now almost boris johnsonian in his boosterism. listen to this. this is what he said. make no mistake, this is a great moment to back britain. we have an amazing education system, the largest tech sector in europe . i largest tech sector in europe. i life sciences, clean energy, creative industries . i mean, it creative industries. i mean, it sounded like something from bofis sounded like something from boris johnson. >> yes, perhaps without the references to the classics or peppa pig to the roman empire or to peppa pig. yes. but yes, lots of lots of very good, positive sounding noises coming from this investment summit. i just wonder, as you say, how it fits with the narrative. up until now from the new government that everything is going to get worse before it gets better, how we're going to have to tighten our belts, how, you know, we're all pre