Election silence on climate change
Almost all the main parties say they think climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity and that something must be done about it. Yet in the election television debates climate change was largely ignored by politicians of all stripes, never mind by media hacks and commentators. There are real differences on the issue, given edge by the run up to the Paris climate talks in December. The Tories boast in their manifesto that theirs has been “the greenest government ever”, which would be laughable if the issue were less important. Blue and yellow have not made green over the last...