Economical with the Climate

Given that His Majesty's Government has previously pledged more help for poorer countries in dealing with the climate catastrophe, it will come as no surprise that Team Starmer is once more rowing back on the green crap even though the Trumpster and his head-tribble have done the same. Having promised to help triple climate-related finance to the global plebs, our nation of plucky little pragmatists now plans a real-terms cut of some forty per cent. Doubtless the money saved will find a worthier use, whether in augmenting Palantir's incentives to improve the NHS or in providing appropriate bonuses for hard-working water company executives. True, Britain's security services have warned that the consequences of ecological collapse may not be entirely confined to the lesser breeds; but patriots of the Team Starmer calibre can hardly be expected to fall in with such flag-folding pessimism as that.