Reference :- Global warming denial is starting to wane in the halls of power , and Sky News.

Reference : -   The Sky Reply offers a useful model for plotting the reaction of conservatives as they start to accept an unwelcome scientific consensus .

Fifty years ago psychiatrist  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross described five stages of grief that terminally ill patients experience when they are given their diagnosis .

 The team at the Sky Reply considers that conservatives  (  there are many we could use as an example , but the lads all want to run with Andy Bolt ) are  passing through the same stages of grief .    Many are beginning to realise that we only have so long to act before the ecosystem that supports our species of anxiety prone apes dies .  And by ''so long"  , we mean "not long ".

 Outlined below are the five stages . It might be helpful to mentally picture Andy Bolt as we highlight each of these stages .

    1    DENIAL     This would manifest in a manner similar to this . eg
    - It is no hotter now than in the past .  Here's a reference to a poem that proves it .  And a measurement from the tin dash of a Model T Ford in 1909 that proves it was hotter then .  The scientists are lying so they can get funding , or something . It can't be true .-

  2.   ANGER        We see plenty of that , as below .  eg
     - These climate alarmists should be locked up , and denied social security . It is their stupid green policies that caused the fires anyway   .  ( Sometimes seen in conjunction with stage 1 ,  e.g   They are blocking the streets , and fires were worse in the past anyway . ) -

 3.   BARGAINING      .  A word generally  associated with money  . eg

       -Alright , it is getting hotter . But that is not all bad .  We can grow avocados  in Greenland .
       Besides it will cost too much to transition to renewables .
   And the poor in India deserve cheap coal . They will need it to power bore pumps when the Ganges runs dry .  And what about the budget surplus?   (  Often overlaps with stages  1 and 2  ,   e.g  It makes me angry to think  that  one day I might have to deny myself a new jetski  just because some stupid scientist says  the climate is changing . ) -

 4.    DEPRESSION         Often involves hitting the booze in an attempt to cope .  

   Evidenced by slurred speech and giggling at puerile jokes during interviews with supposed experts who can boast the scientific qualifications of a caterpillar .   ( Apologies if you are now picturing Andy's cruel snicker .... we are almost finished . )

 5.    ACCEPTANCE        Yet to be seen .

     Requires a degree of mental flexibilty that some people don't possess.
     And probably a decline in  the number of overpaid elitist fools urinating in the global hot tub .

   This seems like a good time to relax with a cuppa , and listen to our new Val Doonican record.

    One can only contemplate Sky News for short periods without being driven to look for a stout rope, a sturdy beam , and a suitably wobbly chair .   

 Your comrade , Ken