Andrew Lansley yesterday failed to condemn a Tory council leader who said global warming "may not exist" and was dreamt up by “bourgeois left-wing academics”.
Failed former health secretary Andrew Lansley yesterday failed to condemn a Tory council leader who said global warming “may not exist” and was dreamt up by “bourgeois left-wing academics”.
He was asked by Lib Dem MP for Cambridge, Julian Huppert:
“The leader of Cambridgeshire county council recently wrote that global warming “may not exist” and that if it does, it is “not caused by human activity”.
“He described it as a theory espoused by “bourgeois left-wing academics”. Does the Leader of the House join me in condemning this irresponsible and anti-scientific position, and will he find time for a debate about evidence-informed policy?”
Failing to criticise in any way the climate denying Tory council leader, he replied:
“I will not join my Honorouble Friend in that respect, although that does not mean that I agree with the leader of Cambridgeshire county council. We are all allowed our views, and he is allowed his.”
He may not agree with him – but he clearly fails, when presented with an open net, to say he disagrees with the view global warming “may not exist” and is a “left-wing” conspiracy.
Just as worrying as a Tory cabinet minister in the “greenest government ever” being ambivalent on climate change conspiracies is the fact a man such as Cllr. Nick Clarke could join from that famed repository of sane science-believers UKIP and rise up the ranks of David Cameron’s Conservatives to lead a council.
Then again, given the prime minister’s pitchfork-wielding contempt for “the intellectuals of other parties”, maybe it’s not so surprising his dimmer colleagues think as they do…
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38 Responses to “Does Lansley think global warming is a “bourgeois, left-wing” conspiracy?”
newton
you said “The latest worst case scenario would have much of England uninhabitable.”
now – please link to this work. otherwise people will think you made it up
newton
and in your opinion, a basic calculation about heat distribution will be sufficient to back up your claim that “The latest worst case scenario would have much of England uninhabitable.”??
Newsbot9
Ah yes, because I provided evidence your multiple personalities think I made it up. Typical evidence rejection from a paid shill/
Provide the name, address and pay rate of your employer and I’ll give another link.
Newsbot9
No, it’s not my opinion. It’s basic mathematics. The mathematics you can’t do, completely disproving your claims to be a scientist, or anything to do with climates beyond shilling.
Who’s paying you? Name and number! Are you paid per word or by post? Is it general anti-science or just anti-AGCC?
newton
still no link to this so-called evidence that you read that england is going to be uninhabitable.
I am genuinely interested. if you have the link please post it. I see claims about several degrees of temperature rise worldwide averaged. But your claim is possibly the most extreme I have ever heard. I’d love to read the original paper.
I’ll assume if you don’t post the link it’s because you made up the ‘evidence’.