Darren Grimes: The West is at war, it's time that we took that seriously and put in place a plan to do just that

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has drawn up a six-point plan that aims to end the horror of war in Ukraine and defeat Bad Vlad and the Russian federation.

It's a crisis that has transformed the prime minister from looking as though he'd be a one-hit-wonder, with a massive election victory only to lose it all over partygate, he's now back, back again, to being a man right for the moment, leading the global response to the invasion with clarity of purpose and a nation united behind him.

That's why I think it's time for the Prime Minister to make the case that the dangers this nation has faced, the Coronavirus pandemic and now the threat of nuclear holocaust with a territory-seizing Russia, means it's time to get serious on bolstering our self reliance as a nation.

We don't grow enough, build enough or rely on ourselves enough. We found out during the pandemic that we're much too reliant upon Chinese supply chains, China lied and people died yet we're still totally dependent on them for our everyday goods.

We're now finding out during this war that we're much too reliant on others for our energy needs and even our food supply. Isn't it time that we look to bolster Britain's production of such things?

Nigel Farage and Richard Tice of Reform UK today launch the Vote Power Not Poverty campaign for a net zero referendum.

A campaign that could be as electorally disastrous for the Prime Minister as the EU referendum was for David Cameron.

My six point plan would go a little something like this, first of all the Prime Minister ought to reverse the ban on fracking, the extraction of shale gas, we know there's a golden opportunity, a rich seam of high quality gas that can be used to heat our homes and power our economy.

It means high-quality, high-skill jobs, right here at home. Our economy is set to be hobbled by the extraordinary increase in the price of gas.

Just look at these stats from The Spectator magazine's data section.

Surely you cannot look at this, you cannot imagine the harm that these prices are going to cause, you cannot imagine the businesses that will go under with costs this high and conclude that pursuing net-zero and cementing over our fracking sites is a sensible thing to do?!

Boris, it's time to get frack on track. Frack to our greener future. Or fracking hell folks, are we in for one hell of a ride.

the world's most successul electric car entrepreneur has called on leaders to increase oil and gas output immediately. He says that extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures. Despite the fact this would negatively impact his company, he warns that we cannot immediately make up for Russian oil and gas exports.

Secondly, I'd stop the closure of coal power plants, accepting that we need to elongate the bridge to that greener, cleaner Britain. The West is at war, we cannot afford to force our nation to choose between heating and eating.

Thirdly, that means we need to delay the Prime Minister's net zero by 2050 target, this arbritary target binds out hands and asphyxiates our legislative flexibility on everything from a hit to our economy to rules and regulations.

Fourth, I'd scrap Foreign Aid, it's quite clear that we ought to be spending less money on projects like the Ethopian Spice Girls, or on sending money to those who are allying themselves with either China or Russia, when we ought to be spending money ensuring Her Majesty's Armed Forces would be able to defend our nation from the series of threats we now face in an increasingly dangerous world. That segues nicely into my fifth ask, I'd spend way more dosh on building and expanding our recruits.

Point five, I'd scrap the Prime Minister's proposed taxes rises and the green taxes on our energy bills, we ought to be going for growth to attract businesses and create access to opportunities whilst alleviating the burden on households that are letting out a collective audible gasp as they open their energy bills