If Andy Burnham becomes Britain’s next prime minister, what could he do to tackle climate breakdown? According to journalist George Monbiot, he could take a few pointers from the Second World War. On Novara Live, Monbiot argues that the Labour government has “utterly and totally failed” to bring the public onboard with its climate policies – a far cry from the beginning of World War II, when the government “went to tremendous lengths” to sell the idea of a collective war effort.

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