Corby. Image: NN Journal/Sarah Ward

The Reform-controlled unitary authority of North Northants has rescinded the climate emergency declaration made five years ago, presumably because its reading of the science means that despite increasing floods and drought and heat waves affecting us all here in the right hand half of the county of spires and squires things are getting so much better.

I didn’t vote for them.

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