Another Lord Monckton classic

by | Dec 18, 2009


This just in from Andrew Ward:

Environmental groups have complained about heavy-handed tactics by Danish police throughout the conference. But they can be reassured that climate change sceptics are receiving the same treatment.

Christopher Monckton, the British hereditary peer and high-profile sceptic, claims to have been knocked unconscious by police after being refused entry to the conference hall. The 57 year-old, who was an adviser to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, gave a blow by blow account on his blog.

“I came to some time later, to find my head being cradled by my friends, some of whom were doing their best to keep the police thugs at bay,” he wrote, adding a characteristically right-wing interpretation of the incident. “It is exactly this species of tyranny that the UN would like to impose upon the entire planet.”

More from Lord M later in the programme…

Author

  • Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017). He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development. Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.


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