Their fatuous argument is that as the United Kingdom was one of the countries to benefit most from the progress all those years back, we should now dig deep to say sorry. And this, remember, from the politician whose doomed tilt at running the country disintegrated into shambles with the production of the farcical "EdStone" featuring the promises of a party that had as much likelihood of forming a government as Pride does of staging a demo on Qatar high street.
In truth, the fact this came from someone who made eating a bacon sandwich appear as complex as tackling a Sunday roast with chopsticks should really surprise no one. What is truly shocking is the other lame, eco-obsessed politicians in total thrall to the Green Brigade.
Appearing on my LBC breakfast show, freshly installed Business Secretary Grant Shapps responded to my question as to whether he supported it with a gibberish pile of word salad, talking about "discussions" and "reviews".
What this needed was a definitive and instant rejection. Even if anyone gave this nutty notion anything more substantial than a passing glance, the holes are as evident as they are in a piece of Swiss cheese.
How is the amount of reparations to be determined? How should the supposed culpability of the UK from centuries past be calculated against the mind-boggling carbon output of countries such as India and China today? N There needs to be a fuller appreciation of what the Industrial Revolution brought to these countries.
This story is from the November 13, 2022 edition of Sunday Express.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the November 13, 2022 edition of Sunday Express.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Armchair viewers' blank afternoon
TEMPERATURES below freezing wiped out both of the ITV fixtures yesterday leaving viewers without any live racing to watch.
Kyrgios slams Sinner and will not be silenced
NICK KYRGIOS has warned he is not going “to shut up” about Italian hero Jannik Sinner’s failed drug tests in the build-up to the Australian Open.
Will power for Sarries
TOM WILLIS surged over for two tries to give England boss Steve Borthwick another compelling reminder that his Test debut is overdue.
NOW HAAL'S WELL AGAIN AT ETIHAD
THE crisis is officially over and normal service has resumed.
NWANERI ONLY HIGH SPOT FOR GUNNERS
Lacklustre draw deals title hopes fresh blow
Stroke victim meets cops who saved her
A WOMAN who had a cardiac arrest and stroke while driving and miraculously survived has been reunited with the officers who saved her life.
Mum's cash crisis after cancer bills
A MOTHER-of-three whose mouth cancer was missed due to Covid restrictions is now facing eviction after failing to pay bills during her two years of treatment and rehabilitation.
100 'jump dock' at court despite £7m safety drive
MORE than 100 prisoners have escaped custody by jumping out of the dock during the last seven years - despite a government-funded scheme to make courts more secure.
We must teach pupils why Britain is 'Great'
ALMOST from the moment the first child crossed the threshold and entered a classroom, governments, dictators and other political leaders have sought to use education as a means of indoctrination and controlling the population.
Half a billion in pensions to dead people
BUNGLING civil servants overpaid £511.8 million in state pensions and pension credits to dead recipients, and failed to claw back £256.8m of it over the past five years.
