The Daily Politics is running a series of afternoon debates among the parties' portfolio holders. They are chaired by Andrew Neil, our best political broadcaster, together with a different subject specialist each day.
Yesterday was the environment debate, for which the Greens were included.
Neil's robust interrogation easily revealed the unreality of the parties' environment policies and their lack of democratic legitimacy. Clearly none of the participants commanded his respect. Well worth watching for its educational and amusement value.
Sadly he failed to ask the key question, though: If all your policies somehow got implemented, how much difference would it make to the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, and hence (by your reckoning) to temperatures?
Ed Miliband said he was in the hands of the scientists. (We recall that Lord Adonis was in the hands of the safety officials over the ash cloud until he decided that ... er, he wasn't.) As to the prospect of impartial BBC coverage from scientists, Bishop Hill has picked up an interesting BBC programme. Listen carefully.
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