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It is climate change that most threatens our children’s prospects – not Brexit, writes ALAN SIMPSON
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UGLY scenes outside Parliament have made the place look and feel like the Siege of Troy. But around the country bigger issues already fill the landscape.

A “climate emergency” conference in Lancaster drew in some 200-300 local authority and climate groups (along with similar numbers live-streaming their way in).

All were anxious to talk about existential survival. I’ve done similar meetings recently in Norwich, North Notts, Stroud and Hebden Bridge — each making the same point: it is climate change that most threatens our children’s prospects, not Brexit.

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Denialism rules, OK.

The war, the war, the war

The Emperor’s climate clothing

Plan B for Planet A

A new ‘industrious’ revolution

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