Britain’s environmental politics are a bit dull
There are many thrilling aspects to the British election due to be held on May 6th. A hard-fought battle over environmental priorities is not one of them. Climate is the top environmental issue across the board, and the three major parties, Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats, broadly agree on the need for measures to cut carbon dioxide emissions steeply. So, for that matter, do the regional parties and most of the minor parties.
The most notable exception, out towards the fringe, is the UK Independence Party. UKIP speaks for those opposed to membership of the European Union, a group that has a lot of overlap with climate sceptics, and is the political home of Christopher Monckton, the highest-profile climate sceptic of the “it’s all an outright fraud” persuasion that Britain can boast.
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