He has been gagged from talking about the solutions we need to tackle harmful carbon pollution".
Whatever the solutions, we need to find and support more foster families to care for teenagers.
And there is unusual political consensus on the solutions: we need to build more houses.
But before we can get started on solutions, we need first to acknowledge that we have a problem.
More than engineering solutions, we need to consider novel ways of living, commuting and consuming that use less energy and produce less carbon dioxide.
"The private sector needs to step up to provide the solutions we need to respond to the global energy and climate crises".
One where we recognise the scale of the challenge we face, the breadth of the solutions we need, and don't just think that spending a bit more money will make the difference.
But we must extend it, beyond the issues with which it is currently dealing, and beyond governments to include others who can help deliver the solutions we need, from business to civil society.
This was always Branson's argument: "If you hold industry back, we will not, as a nation, have the resources to come up with the clean-energy solutions we need".
They argue that instead of "repeating old rituals and tired solutions" we need to begin "a new investigation in order to formulate a new science of society and politics".
Activists often speak as though the solutions we need have not yet been launched or invented, as though we are starting from scratch, when often the real goal is to amplify the power and reach of existing options.
