Spiked’s Rob Lyons on the UK government’s latest report on the possible effects of climate change, “Adapting to Climate Change”:

The first thing to note is that for Britain, the levels of absolute temperatures and rainfall patterns presented in the report are not a major problem. To put it in perspective, even if the worst-case scenarios occurred, the warmest part of Britain would still almost certainly be cooler than the French region of Provence is today, an area so disastrously blighted by its weather that middle-class English people spend all their time fantasising about owning a home there.

And for a brief shining moment, my beloved yet thoroughly screwed England (thanks to her nannying scabships) suddenly looked home-worthy again.

Imagine: Saturday afternoon’s at Anfield, watching the Reds while sipping pastis and nibbling on olives.