‘What if I told you that solving the climate crisis is possible,” posits Kevin McCloud. Yes, the McCloud of the debonair scarves and boundless enthusiasm for houses made out of shipping containers. “This isn’t a fantasy,” pipes up Mary Portas, who rose from queen of the shops to government tsar of the high street in just three TV series. And who is this bringing up the rear? It’s Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the nicest posh, double-barrelled TV chef in Britain! “The good news is we have the tools,” he promises. Maybe it’s the straw-grasping stage of the climate emergency we are at, but I believe them. The question is, will our government listen?
Of course not. I suspect even if Chris Evans, Jon Snow, Denise van Outen and all the other ghosts of Channel 4 past came on board, Rishi Sunak would be unavailable for comment. Maybe it’s still worth a try.
