Baby Steps

It appears that the effects of the climate catastrophe have become so unsubtle as to be noticeable even by a minority of American Republicans. In a televised debate between candidates hoping to inherit the Trumpster demographic, none raised their hand when asked whether climate change is real, although two were prepared to blame it on the Heathen Chinee and the ever-uppity country of Africa. One of the two was Nikki Haley, whose answer was declared a winner of young votes by the helpfully-named backer of a conservative youth group that thinks somebody ought to do something. As with certain supporters of the Conservative and Unionist Party on the mainland, there is shock and dismay that the leadership race in a far-right party run by profiteers and charlatans consists entirely of far-right profiteers and charlatans; which in today's political climate seems to be what passes for an encouraging sign of realism.