Ed Miliband, Saviour of the World.

Apparently, the fate of the world is in Ed Miliband's hands. Which would be terrifying if the threat facing us wasn't climate change. Because, as the article on LabourList points out, climate change has slipped down the international agenda with good cause:

The world is far from environmental consensus, opposing domestic and international interests make sure of that. Recent attacks on the science behind climate change have dented public support. And several among our world’s leaders are shamelessly playing the expectations games.

It is worth decoding the phrase "Recent attacks on the science behind climate change". There have always been attacks on the science behind climate change; what has happened recently is the exposure of some of the fraudulent claims being made by those who create the "science" behind climate change. Just a little piece of LabourList spin there; but essential to understanding why climate change consensus seems to be falling apart.

Ultimately, you can tell that the British government don't think that climate change is a pressing issue. The key indicator is the fact that Ed Miliband - the less famous sibling in the political equivalent of the political version of the Chuckle Brothers - is in charge. If it really was an issue that the government wanted to focus on, then it would be Gordo himself - the perennial control freak - would be in charge. So Ed Miliband, a charisma vacuum, is going to save the world from a possibly non-existent threat? It could be used as the basis for the plot of perhaps the world's most boring film. It certainly isn't going to be at the heart of this failing government's final months in power.