Now Rishi Is Going To Cop27

[lankeela]

wonder how long it will be before the antis start complaining he should be at home sorting out the problems here?

[royfromaus]

He should be at home sorting out the problems here

[ZebuSanctuary]

My guess is, since BoJo announced his intention to attend (at the request of the organizers), this gave Sunak very little choice.

[Bazile]

Send King Charles

He is at a loss for something to do

[ichkeria]

This is another awful look for Sunak.

Braverman brought back to a car crash and now shamed into going to COP by a discredited predecessor
Someone is advising him badly

[naomi24]

Good. He needs to be up there on the world stage. Should he be urgently required he's hardly out of reach. Marvellous thing .... technology.

[youngmafbog]

First the fracking, now this. What else is he going to do to bash us?

WEF stooge, not a Tory at all. He should be here not chasing ridiculous Net Zero that will finish the UK off.

I thought he might go this route, no more voting Tory for me until it comes under Badenhock/Braverman.

[ichkeria]

I’m agreeing with Naomi again!

[Spicerack]

Naomi's had too much aBBC.

I agree 1,000% with YMB.

[naomi24]

I seem to have given the wrong impression to more than one reader. I don’t think he should be there because I’m a great supporter of the quest for net zero - I think that ‘ambition’ is simply an exercise in paying lip service to the trend of the moment - and it’s coming from all sides, regardless of political persuasion so where you put your ‘x’ matters not. In my opinion the initiative is unachievable anyway so utterly futile. Just a load of hot air you might say. In fact, as someone who doesn’t believe that man can conquer nature, I never was a fan of the Greta brigade. I simply think, as a new PM, he should attend to promote himself and this country on the world stage. A PR initiative if you like. That’s all. It’s good for business.

[10ClarionSt]

He shouldn't bother. Climate Change is natural. End of, as someone else might say.

[archibaldy]

He shouldn't bother. Climate Change is natural. End of, as someone else might say.

Is the someone else you refer to a climate scientist?

[bobbinwales]

Rishy cant win on this one- there were compalints that he was staying here and sending someone else /snubbing it, now there are complaints he should'nt go as he should be doing more important things at home.
Alok Sharma is a well known face but if PMs of other major countrys are going it would look like a snub if Rishy dont go and make him look unimportant on the world stage.
Climate change may be overhyped by some but its incredible some still think its not something we could and should tackle for our childrens and grandchildrens world

[ichkeria]

"I seem to have given the wrong impression to more than one reader. I don’t think he should be there because I’m a great supporter of the quest for net zero"

Well I for one realise that, but you are right to say that he should make an appearance and that he can doubtless cope with what is going on at home while he is away. I worry tho that he seems to be making decisions that leave him open to criticism, needlessly.
And Sir Keir took him to the cleaners earlier. I note that Tora can't bring himself to do his usual post-PMQ crowing about Sir Beer :-)


By the way having just watched Boris Johnson's interview on Sky news, no one should doubt that his commitment on Ukraine was sincere. And remains.

[douglas9401]

Is this a flip or a flop?

[Old_Geezer]

What he should be is more consistent. One wonders if he is after Liz's U-turn record. No real issue with him going as long as his cabinet can cope without him while he's off on the jolly, but I had thought Boris had already covered the role of COP attendee.

[DTCwordfan]

Cairo is very nice at this time of year - just take plenty of champers, Nicola-juice and vino with you, Rishi, and keep it away from the Bullingdon mob members and their Egyptian pissartist colleagues - they are very particular about their scotch..

[ichkeria]

He's teetotal I believe

[New Judge]

he "COP" meetings are a farce. A load of hot air (and carbon emissions) produced by a bunch of people who come up with a series of declarations. They then trot off home (in their private jets) and carry on as usual. Good on them for doing that - the climate cannot be "tackled" - but it would be nice if they simply accepted that and worked on plans to live with the changes. Still, I suppose it's a nice jolly just as winter is setting in. I just wish they's be a little more pragmatic because achieving "net zero" - even with the creative accounting that goes with the exercise - is impossible.

[archibaldy]

NJ and Greta Thunberg signing from the same hymn sheet, who'd ever have thought.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/greta-thunberg-cop27-an-opportunity-greenwashing-lying-cheating-2022-10-30/

[10ClarionSt]

Archibaldy @ 14.03:

//Is the someone else you refer to a climate scientist?//

You don't have to be a "Climate Scientist" (whatever that is) to know all the natural causes of climate change.