WATCH: Kemi Badenoch says the West is becoming 'unsafe for Jewish people' following Bondi Beach attack

Kami, good afternoon to you. First of all, can we just get your reaction to the horrific

attack that took place on Bondi Beach over the weekend, but also the fact that the chief

rabbi of the UK is saying he's devastated, but not surprised this happened due to the

rise in anti-Semitism. Why are Western governments failing the Jewish community? uh what happened at bondi beach was absolutely horrific and my heart goes out to all of the

victims their families and friends it was just it was just disgusting uh to see you know some of

those clips on social media absolutely horrific and it's quite clear that the world especially

the west is becoming less safe for jewish people i mean look at what happened in manchester so the

Chief Rabbi saying he's not surprised. I don't think any of us should be surprised

We have seen an escalation in anti-Semitism and we need a very robust response

And Kemi, you over the weekend wrote a very powerful column in The Telegraph about wanting a net emission vehicle mandate

to basically be removed so we don't have to get rid of petrol

and diesel cars. Why did you write that? And what are business leaders in the UK specifically telling you

Well they been telling me for a long time even when I was in government that it wasn going to work that it was very hard for them to scale up that level of production that

there wasn't enough demand in the market. And what I'm saying is, let's have some common

sense. I've always been sceptical that this net zero plan would work. It is not working

The problem we have is that Labour is now doubling down. I managed to get the deadline pushed

to 2035. They've brought it forwards. If we want to have a good transition, if we want to tackle

climate change, we have to do it in a common sense way, not just stick to a plan that isn't working

People can't afford the cars. The government is taxing people to subsidise the purchase of the

cars. The only entity that is profiting from this is China. Look, Kami, this is very laudable

and I respect that. But this is something that I, as a normal person, could have seen

it was your government, when you guys were in power, that came up with the whole net zero thing under Theresa May

the 2050 deadline that was set by your government. There doesn't seem to be much resistance from you then at all, really

Well, remember you said Theresa May. I'm not Theresa May. I'm Kenny Badenock. I'm the leader of the Conservative Party now

And if you look at the day that that announcement to net zero by 2050 was made

I was speaking saying how is this going to be achievable and affordable When I was in government I was the one pushing back Things would have been a lot worse if I wasn there Now I in charge We have done the work We done the research It is not working It is time to drop it This is also because we can see Labour doubling

tripling down on this. It is not common sense. So what I'm asking people is to look at me

look at how consistent I've been. I'm not U-turning. I'm changing our party policy

to something that makes sense. And a lot of people are supporting me

both in industry and in politics and even in the media, because they know that this is the right thing

Even the EU is looking at pushing it back further or maybe even dropping it

We're supposed to be competing. We left the EU so that we could be competing and doing better, not following them

It's time for us to start taking the lead and do what is right in the national interest

Well, would you scrap it then? Would you scrap it altogether? America have decided that it is nonsense

Would you look to actually scrap it rather than just postponing it

scrap what specifically the zev mandate we have scrapped it well well net zero is if people want

to do it that's fine but government mandating it and forcing people that's what we need to scrap

we can do better for the environment we can tackle climate change but we need to use sensible ways

of doing it you know let the market decide let's invest in technology and innovation but not what

we're doing right now which is putting legislation forcing people to behave in a way which we're not

actually able to sustain like with heat pumps where we forcing heat pumps when we actually not able to install them properly We cannot pursue net zero by bankrupting our country We not going to be a global leader

No one will follow us. The UK has already done more than any Western economy in terms of delivering

on climate change. We've cut our emissions very low, but we need to start thinking about our

economy. We are getting poorer. So the Conservative Party is taking the common sense approach

which I have always pushed for for many years. Let's tackle the environment, but do it in a way that makes sense

not by these legislative mandates that don't work and are actually chasing car manufacturing out of our country

and de-industrialising the UK. Kemi, in the latest budget, the government announced

an extra £1.3 billion investment into the UK's electric car grant scheme

to encourage drivers to make the switch to EV vehicles. And the government's transport spokesperson

and says that more drivers than ever are choosing electric. So is that accurate, do you think, or is that not what you are hearing

That's not what the car manufacturers are saying. They're leaving. They're leaving the UK

When I was business secretary, I got investments from Stellantis, from Mini

Those investments have been paused under Labour. They're leaving. So who are we kidding

We need to stop kidding ourselves. Labour comes out and just says

So, yes, actually, everybody really loves all the nonsense that we're doing. It's not true. Let's bring some common sense back, please

All right. Kami Bain-Nox, thank you very much