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Letter: Be careful what you wish for with alliances

Published 11 April 2017

From Steve Swift, Alton, Hampshire, UK

It seems to me that there is a mechanism by which Donald Trump can be used to good effect to reduce the scepticism over global warming. It just needs a few helping hands in the media.

Every time there is an event that is palpably caused by global warming, our friends in the media will report it along these lines: “This is not caused by Global Warming, as Donald Trump will tell you. And Donald Trump is an honourable man.”

As I recall from my English Literature classes, repeating stuff like this had a profound effect on Brutus in William Shakespeare's . And we're in desperate need of some profound effects if we're all to prosper.

Issue no. 3121 published 15 April 2017

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