Keeping climate change in perspective

Richard Littlejohn is perhaps the funniest journalist in Britain today, but it’s a mistake to be distracted by the brilliance of his jokes. He regularly unearths the social and political trends making a direct impact on people’s lives. Today its the “global warming racket” – how councils are hiring “carbon advisers” on £30k a year. Hull Council has 30 staff working on “environmental issues”, he says, none of whom proved any help when its flood defences succumbed.

This is my problem with the global warming “debate” – it skews priorities, and allows councils to assemble a highly-paid green Gestapo while losing track of their basic duties (like keeping council tax bills down). On a national level, too, it’s all the rage.  I’ve lost count of the number of Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet members who proudly tell me they’re holidaying in France and taking the train. If anyone is thinking of cancelling a trip to a developing country where livelihoods depend