... a failure to act would allow 'a genocide on an infinitely greater scale' than was committed by Hitler's regime. Importantly, whatever you do,don't ask the people. Mr Johnson rejected the idea of a referendum on whether the UK should be aiming for Net Zero by 2050, saying the country had 'probably had enough' of such campaigns. And he insisted the public should not be concerned about the estimated one-trillion pound cost of the drive over the next 30 years. Mr Johnson said British people are not 'dumb' and recognised that 'if we don't do this it will be an economic catastrophe'.