Green Living: Climate change deniers

The European elections actually saw the Green Party win a greater share of the vote than the BNP, but it was the barmy Griffin, pictured, who grabbed the headlines.

Of course he's not alone in burying his head in the sand over climate change. Despite the consensus among leading world scientists that human behaviour is adversely affecting the planet, there are still those who say that the evidence is inconclusive.

The events industry could find itself in the middle of all this in the not too distant future. After all someone will have to organise party conferences for them. Last week I called for an industry wide boycott of the BNP to try to prevent them using our skills and expertise to further their agenda.

As an agency with a focus on sustainability we're often asked which companies we would or wouldn't work for, and it can be difficult to know where to draw the line. It would depend on the individual circumstances and the attitude of the client concerned. With the BNP there would be no such dilemma.

So let's spell it out. Here's my three point manifesto for the UK events industry:

1. We won't work with the BNP, or with any company or individual that works with the BNP.

2. We call on the UK event industry trade bodies to demand that their members do not work with the BNP.

3. We'll expose anyone who does work for the BNP.

I have absolutely no delusions of grandeur about all of this - and you may well think that this is all a bit pompous. But the sight of people like Griffin trying to claim our country for their own narrow, extreme ends should make us all say "enough".

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