“Climate change has always happened. It always will.”
That was the remark made by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice on Monday about this summer’s record heatwaves, which have caused wildfires and droughts across the country.
The Boston and Skegness MP added: “When it’s a bit warm, let’s enjoy it. And if it means that English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic. […] Let’s celebrate some of these things rather than just be sort of doom and gloom about it.”
This wasn’t the first time a Reform politician has dismissed climate change as a threat or spread false or misleading arguments about it.
DeSmog has been covering Reform’s climate denial for seven years – since its founding as the Brexit Party in 2019 – along with its opposition to net zero targets and support for fossil fuels.
