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we absolutely recognize you've got to be
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competitive uh in energy costs everyone
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was a bit guilty of signing up to
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targets without having thought
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through the Folly of a single point
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moment in time Target uh that was a bit
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arbitrary it was a bit arbitary and it
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was a Folly and it was a conservative
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prime minister who did it well it was
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consensus In fairness so it was but I
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mean that's no defense of Madness is it
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as I say I mean I'm not excusing myself
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either from the fact I wasn't there in
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Parliament when that happened
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I'm not sure I would have you know had
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the same foresight either so full full
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culpability um but it was certainly the
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case that everybody and other parties
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were egging the country even at that
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point to go even further and even faster
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now that is if you like a there's a
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wedge there um the conservative party
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does not think it is wise to
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continually attack companies that are
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engaged in hydrocarbons today but might
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be transitioning uh to other sources of