While the Queen showed off her green credentials on Thursday, arriving for a royal visit in a hybrid car, the Prime Minister has admitted he is still reliant on vehicles powered by fossil fuels.
During a tour of a Nissan car factory in Sunderland – to promote the launch of a new electric model and huge battery plant – Boris Johnson said he is driven around in a “variety of machines” which are still run on “hydrocarbons”.
He did add he is aiming to phase them out as “conveniently and economically” as possible.
Mr Johnson told reporters: “I, at the moment, am driven in a variety of machines most of which are still run on hydrocarbons but I can tell you we will be phasing it out as soon as we conveniently and economically can.”
His comments came as 98 miles away, the Queen and Princess Royal arrived at the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute in an electric hybrid Range Rover.
During a tour around the facilities, the Queen was heard remarking that the…
