Oh my word…. that explains so much. This muppet think Britain somehow exists entirely independently not only of Europe but the entire planet, he can only be months off suggesting we simply sink the boats to stop them.
Tory peer Lord Frost told the upper chamber that rising temperatures are “likely to be beneficial” for Britain as likely to be beneficial” for Britain as more people die of cold than heat in this country.^1
>“At the moment, seven times as many people die from cold as from heat in Britain. Rising temperatures are likely to be beneficial.
>“The Government Actuary’s Department, no less, wrote in April this year, and I quote, ‘it is the low winter temperatures that have a greater effect on the number of deaths’.
>“Since the start of the millennium, a decline in deaths from cold temperature periods has more than offset any increase in the number of deaths associated with warmer temperature over the same period.”
>“Now, I’m not sceptical about adaptation. I’m sceptical about mitigation.”
Frost urged the government to reconsider “current high-cost mitigation efforts” and “spend the manageable sums that we need to on adaptation.”
Jesus wept. We’re less than a generation away from (global) collapse. And this is what we’re dealing with. Smh.
Presumably Lord Frost (apt name lol) hasn’t heard that Britain is on the same latitudes as Canada, Alaska, and Scandinavia and the thing warming us is a band of warm water in the ocean, which might not continue if shitloads of sea ice melts and travels the opposite direction. We could end up colder in the short to medium term.
And the rise of mosquitoes and other insects will lead to more infections. Idiot.
I mean, he’s right, but presumably is also saying “and the Med region will turn into a desert but fuck all of them, let them die.”
Or maybe he’s happy to let in the few hundred million refugees this scenario would create…
As we sink beneath the waves “at least we’re not too hot!”.
We will overtake France as sparkling wine producer and even be able to produce some decent red wines
Just as well we grow all our own food and don’t rely on imports to feed our population! Oh hang on…
There’s so many things wrong with what he’s said. The worst thing is, he’s not stupid and he knows the reality. These goulish old men believe they’ll be dead before the shit hits the fan, but that won’t be the case.
“Because more people die from cold than heat.”
I’m sure a good comedian could do a lot with that line.
What a grade A dick head, only tory scum would come out with shite like this.
What a plank the bloke a right dinghy.
Surely there must be some pros and winners of global warming? It can’t ALL be doom and gloom?
Typical tory muppet boomer, denying the obvious truth in front of our eyes to try and convince us that they haven’t fu*ked the entire planet.
When that turns out to be complete bollox, they will implement the next trick in the abusive authority rulebook, victim blaming. It will turn out that the majority of co2 emissions will have been produced by generations other than theirs and under non tory governments.
I really hope the climate crisis wipes them all out.
‘Lord Frost’?
Sounds like a legally distinct super villain.
He probably sees this as a brexit benefit. No more of that nasty European global warming now that we have left the EU.
To think that morons like this have power.
“At the moment, seven times as many people die from cold as from heat in Britain. Rising temperatures are likely to be beneficial”
Except that global warming means a higher average temp year round, but also a higher occurance of severe winter conditions.
Didn’t he day his trade deal would be beneficial for us?
How is it wise for a man named ‘Frost’ to think a temperature rise is ‘beneficial’ (unless comic books have been lying to me).
Oh great. Another person with sod all by way of expertise in climate science (or it seems in anything outside of getting support from the hardcore Brexit wing of the Conservative Party for that matter) saying how great it will all be.
Gather round, children, for the great Lord Frost has shared his wisdom on the world. And his word is truth.
The irony of Lord FROST say rising temperatures are a good thing.
If they think channel crossings are too high now then I can’t wait to see how they feel in a decade or two time when entire swathes of earth are no longer habitable and eco-asylum seekers are clamouring to get in to the country.
This is the guy who would show up to brexit negotiations with *nothing* prepared
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>The Tory former minister and *Brexit negotiator*
Oh my word…. that explains so much. This muppet think Britain somehow exists entirely independently not only of Europe but the entire planet, he can only be months off suggesting we simply sink the boats to stop them.
Tory peer Lord Frost told the upper chamber that rising temperatures are “likely to be beneficial” for Britain as likely to be beneficial” for Britain as more people die of cold than heat in this country.^1
>“At the moment, seven times as many people die from cold as from heat in Britain. Rising temperatures are likely to be beneficial.
>“The Government Actuary’s Department, no less, wrote in April this year, and I quote, ‘it is the low winter temperatures that have a greater effect on the number of deaths’.
>“Since the start of the millennium, a decline in deaths from cold temperature periods has more than offset any increase in the number of deaths associated with warmer temperature over the same period.”
>“Now, I’m not sceptical about adaptation. I’m sceptical about mitigation.”
Frost urged the government to reconsider “current high-cost mitigation efforts” and “spend the manageable sums that we need to on adaptation.”
^1 Martina Bet (26 July 2023), “Rising temperatures ‘likely to be beneficial’ for Britain, says Lord Frost”, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/britain-lord-brexit-government-athens-b2381122.html
Jesus wept. We’re less than a generation away from (global) collapse. And this is what we’re dealing with. Smh.
Presumably Lord Frost (apt name lol) hasn’t heard that Britain is on the same latitudes as Canada, Alaska, and Scandinavia and the thing warming us is a band of warm water in the ocean, which might not continue if shitloads of sea ice melts and travels the opposite direction. We could end up colder in the short to medium term.
And the rise of mosquitoes and other insects will lead to more infections. Idiot.
I mean, he’s right, but presumably is also saying “and the Med region will turn into a desert but fuck all of them, let them die.”
Or maybe he’s happy to let in the few hundred million refugees this scenario would create…
As we sink beneath the waves “at least we’re not too hot!”.
We will overtake France as sparkling wine producer and even be able to produce some decent red wines
Just as well we grow all our own food and don’t rely on imports to feed our population! Oh hang on…
There’s so many things wrong with what he’s said. The worst thing is, he’s not stupid and he knows the reality. These goulish old men believe they’ll be dead before the shit hits the fan, but that won’t be the case.
“Because more people die from cold than heat.”
I’m sure a good comedian could do a lot with that line.
What a grade A dick head, only tory scum would come out with shite like this.
What a plank the bloke a right dinghy.
Surely there must be some pros and winners of global warming? It can’t ALL be doom and gloom?
Typical tory muppet boomer, denying the obvious truth in front of our eyes to try and convince us that they haven’t fu*ked the entire planet.
When that turns out to be complete bollox, they will implement the next trick in the abusive authority rulebook, victim blaming. It will turn out that the majority of co2 emissions will have been produced by generations other than theirs and under non tory governments.
I really hope the climate crisis wipes them all out.
‘Lord Frost’?
Sounds like a legally distinct super villain.
He probably sees this as a brexit benefit. No more of that nasty European global warming now that we have left the EU.
To think that morons like this have power.
“At the moment, seven times as many people die from cold as from heat in Britain. Rising temperatures are likely to be beneficial”
Except that global warming means a higher average temp year round, but also a higher occurance of severe winter conditions.
Didn’t he day his trade deal would be beneficial for us?
How is it wise for a man named ‘Frost’ to think a temperature rise is ‘beneficial’ (unless comic books have been lying to me).
Oh great. Another person with sod all by way of expertise in climate science (or it seems in anything outside of getting support from the hardcore Brexit wing of the Conservative Party for that matter) saying how great it will all be.
Gather round, children, for the great Lord Frost has shared his wisdom on the world. And his word is truth.
The irony of Lord FROST say rising temperatures are a good thing.
If they think channel crossings are too high now then I can’t wait to see how they feel in a decade or two time when entire swathes of earth are no longer habitable and eco-asylum seekers are clamouring to get in to the country.
This is the guy who would show up to brexit negotiations with *nothing* prepared
They really are making it up as they go along
Suzanne Moore has this corrective opinion piece in the same paper
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2023/07/25/corfu-rhodes-greece-climate-change-threat-global-warming/
“How will climate change impact the UK? Even if we do reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sea levels around the UK will keep rising beyond 2100. Parts of the UK will be in danger of flooding, with low lying and coastal cities at particular risk. Farming in the UK will be affected by climate change, too.” https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/effects-of-climate-change#:~:text=How%20will%20climate%20change%20impact,affected%20by%20climate%20change%2C%20too.
As the Met reports, ironically the number of cold spells will ironically increase due to climate change. So, the twit is wrong, https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/climate-change/effects-of-climate-change#:~:text=How%20will%20climate%20change%20impact,affected%20by%20climate%20change%2C%20too.
Whenever you wonder how this country got itself in such a mess… look at arseholes like this guy