If the pandemic has taught us anything it is that the Government following ‘the science’ cannot be relied upon on to tell the whole truth on net zero any more than it did on Covid.

After all, once driving is made too expensive for us lowly ordinary citizens, the roads will be left to the pampered enjoyers of public-sector largesse.

Now the rhetoric surrounding climate change is merging with Covid. That it is a disease to be eradicated at all costs – and the people are standing in the way. So, to prevent a scorched earth, the earth must be scorched.

There is one slight difficulty though, and that is replacing all the things you have banned.