Nick Thomas-Symonds: “My judgement is simply that we do need to be facing outward to the country and a swift and orderly transition is what…”

We’ve all heard a lot across the last decade about how we have an electricity grid that has a capacity, and a demand.

If the great question of post-Brexit Britain is how we can ensure, as an island nation, we can deliver national resilience, then energy security is one of the most valuable prizes.

I think he has shown, Andy, comprehensively as the mayor of Greater Manchester, that he can carry out that job of delivery.

There is no defence security without economic security; and no economic security without energy security.