The Convenient Lies We Hide Behind

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I tuned in to follow a debate between the sole UK Green MP and a here unnamed government minister on the unquestionably most pressing concern of our present times, The Climate emergency.

As she stood up to deliver her points, I watched in utter astonishment as the house immediately emptied — school boys scarpering en masse with special permission before the bell's ringing. Supposedly, these learned and…