LIB DEM MP WRITES WORD SALAD IN "HOUSE" MAGAZINE ON "CLIMATE CHANGE AND HEALTH"

Through a close association with an MP I often get to look at The House Magazine which is specially written by and for MPs. There are often some interesting articles in it, but I have noticed a very strong bias towards the so-called climate emergency. There is no climate scepticism that I have seen.

The most recent edition (15th December) has a piece by a Lib Dem MP, Danny Chambers, which is a master-class in vague sweeping statements which mean practically nothing. Unfortunately I cannot provide a link as it is only available to prescribers. I will produce one paragraph to give you a flavour:

"Universal health coverage isn't a distant goal - it's a lifeline. And right now it needs defending. The UK can choose to retreat, or it can help build a world where climate shocks don't become health emergencies, and where health emergencies don't become preventable deaths, by backing fairer funding and the frontline expertise that makes health systems work."

Of course back in the real world universal health coverage doesn't exist. How does he think "climate shocks" (extreme weather to you and me) will not lead to emergencies (including deaths). What does he mean by "fairer financing"? And how does he hope to achieve it? The whole article reveals someone who lives in a parallel world. There are far too many idealists in parliament. Instead we need practical people who give us down to earth solutions to the everyday problems which affect the daily lives of our own people.