Climate crisis a threat to us all and governments have to act now

That’s the second top Tory in recent weeks who has warned that the party has lost the plot when it comes to dealing with the climate crisis. Conservative peer Zac Goldsmith resigned from Sunak’s Government at the end of June, saying the Prime Minister was uninterested in the climate.

And now Lord Deben has accused his own party of “hiding from logic” by backing new coal and oil projects. He is right that the UK and Scottish governments are wasting time instead of properly addressing the issue.

We know that the Tories struggle to listen to experts but you would think that they might listen to high-profile members of their own party. As both Goldsmith and Deben have warned, the climate crisis is the biggest challenge we face.