22/10/2026
Anyone that knows me and my business will know that we're not afraid to nail our colours to a mast (metaphorically, not literally, that is illegal and anti-social, unless it's on your own property). Hopefully we do it in such a away that is welcoming to opinions and ideas that fit into the traditional Overton Window of British and wider European society. I won't always agree with you, the Overton Window is wide and encompasses many different view points.
Sadly, due largely to misinformation generally on the Internet, that Overton Window seems to be shifting in a direction I don't like.
There are distinct anchors that I feel are Brtish Culture and care for the environment is one of them (others are Human Rights and protection of the vulnerable).
The general drift to climate denial shown in media, not necessarily in real people's opinions, is evidence of this.
I see the change in the seasons, apples ripe early, once tradition English varieties struggling in the evolving hotter and damper climates. Apple-growing colleagues are looking to France for new varieties that will thrive as weather conditions change. Anyone that remembers "Le Crunch" adverts of the 1980s be afraid. It's not all bad, the c***r's been really strong this last couple of years, but for those of us who enjoy a c***r for breakfast, there's a significant drop in productivity in the c***ry.
Seriously though, this decision is a shame on what used to be a forward thinking area, a very cosmopolitan and mixed community, full of great people and fantastic independent business, a place I am proud to call home.
Climate change may not massively affect me as a 50 year old man, but it will affect my children and their children.
It's incumbent on us that we continue the drive to be a cleaner planet, to protect the environment for humans and other wildlife everywhere and this, as charity, some say, begins at home.
Wassail every one!
Reform’s bid to scrap Kirklees’ climate emergency declaration has passed by just two votes despite protests outside Huddersfield Town Hall and heated debate inside the chamber
