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Alok Sharma, the former business secretary and now Cop26 climate summit president, tells the BBC he has “spent 11 years cultivating this image of someone extremely boring” and that his style of politics is “a minimum of fuss”.

“I’ve spent 11 years cultivating this image of someone extremely boring”

Former business secretary and now COP26 climate summit president Alok Sharma talks to @BBCNickRobinson about his style of politics: “a minimum of fuss”#PoliticalThinking https://t.co/G0kUdzhQ7l pic.twitter.com/IuO3eLcBvY

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Voters in Chesham say planning policy, HS2 and the environment are among the issues that led them to vote for the Liberal Democrats.

In a report by PA, who has been speaking to constituents of the Buckinghamshire market town, voters said they were “fed up and furious over the building of HS2” and that they felt “ignored” by the Conservatives, who have represented them since 1974.

I just wanted to see a change. Like many, I’m so fed up and furious over the building of HS2. It’s a big, big bugbear for me.

My partner lives in Maidenhead and I used to be able to travel there in 30 minutes or so, now it takes me at least two hours. It’s chaotic.
It’s been really hard as she’s become ill. I don’t think they realise how many people it has affected.

I voted for the Lib Dems so I’m happy. Firstly, I don’t trust the Tories but secondly they [Liberal Democrats] have promised a lot to the younger generation. But also one of the things that swayed me was they actually turned up to the Palestine-Israel demonstration. It made me think that they cared.

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Source: The Guardian