MIKE RUTHERFORD

PURE-ELECTRIC CARS ARE - AND ALWAYS WILL BE - FOR SOME, NOT ALL, DRIVERS. THE SOONER EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGES AND ACCEPTS THIS FACT, THE BETTER

- MIKE RUTHERFORD

The gift is from an unlikely individual – an in-touch bloke called Manfred Weber, who leads the largest gaggle of MEPs at the European Parliament. Thanks mainly to him, the proposed 2035 ban on the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars in mainland Europe now looks almost certain to be delayed. And although this, in theory, has absolutely nothing to do with the clueless British Government's go-it-alone plan/scam/sham to outlaw such vehicles in Blighty by 2030, I now believe that date is pure fiction.

As much as they'd like to ignore the state of play today, they can't deny that it goes a bit like this...