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some reflections on the @Channel4News climate debate, from my vantage point behind the melting ice sculpture representing Boris Johnson... https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/1200149956188880896">https://twitter.com/Channel4N...
first, props to @Channel4News for taking the initiative - a world first; to @_wearepossible, the school strikers and protesters for relentless campaigning - it works.
2. The mood (among the parties who bothered to turn up) was consensus about the problem, and competition about solutions.
Let& #39;s just mark this. It& #39;s real progress. Not enough, of course, but unthinkable even a couple of years ago.
Let& #39;s just mark this. It& #39;s real progress. Not enough, of course, but unthinkable even a couple of years ago.
3. @BorisJohnson not turning up, & @michaelgove stunt (arrived, with cameras; was turned away) was pretty low. A cheap political stunt designed to distract from the urgent debate that& #39;s needed on climate.
They could have kept a dignified silence.
They could have kept a dignified silence.
4. The leaders there *knew* that they couldn& #39;t get away with platitudes. They had policies. They were earnest. They felt it.
I caught a slightly bewildered look from @sianberry a couple of times, with all those newbies stampeding over her territory.
I caught a slightly bewildered look from @sianberry a couple of times, with all those newbies stampeding over her territory.
5. And yet... they all had their weak points.
@NicolaSturgeon on North Sea oil & gas. @Adamprice on farming. @jeremycorbyn& #39;s lack of clarity on a carbon target, with many in the labour movement finding it difficult to contemplate the scale of the industrial transition.
@NicolaSturgeon on North Sea oil & gas. @Adamprice on farming. @jeremycorbyn& #39;s lack of clarity on a carbon target, with many in the labour movement finding it difficult to contemplate the scale of the industrial transition.
