That
homophobic UKIP councillor in Henley-on-Thames
may have had his own ideas about what's caused the ever-more-frequent
extremes of weather. True, there is something apocalyptic about the floods and the storms
that encourages that kind of irrational response . As I write,
every rail link between Devon and Cornwall and the mainland has been broken by the high seas or the unending rain – and even the urban areas of
Torbay and Plymouth aren't going to reconnected to the rest of the country anytime soon.
Who'd'a' thunk such a thing could happen?
The
rational explanation for the 'weather' is equally apocalyptic. It
only gets mentioned in passing, though - and then only apologetically, anticipating a backlash. Climate Change – a
reality, and very probably a key contributory cause of our
unprecedented extreme weather – scarcely dare speak its name in polite
society. It's much too discomfiting. Following the abject failure
of the world's politicians to tackle the causes, they now seem
equally reluctant to acknowledge, let alone respond to, the effects
that are already upon us. And we've barely started yet. It's
going to get worse, far worse.
Yet
right now, all we see is a localised blame game being played out
among the politicians (who seem blind to the overriding science).
And a grossly incompetent global warming sceptic (ie. 'Do Nothing'
advocate) is still allowed to remain in post as Environment Secretary.
Meanwhile,
I see that back in 2011, his predecessor Lord Henley (what is it
about Henley?) dismissed the £100 million cost of restoring an
alternative rail link to Plymouth as “far too
expensive”.
Hell,
you could build an Arena for that.
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