Yes, on the day that Sir Nicholas Stern published his audit on the economic impact of climate change—with the conclusion that any future government will have to consider implementing levies based upon the environmental impact of goods & services, including petrol and air travel—The Times chose to lead with a spread on property prices, whilst cheerfully offering their readers an opportunity for cheap flights.
The Tory press, taking the "LALALALALALALA! Can't Hear You!" approach to climate change are taking the easy route by screaming "Taxes; the Labour party are going to tax you for the environment, and will take away your four wheel drive, putting your children at risk!"
One informed commentator, ask to put affairs in perspective, proposed that the economic impact of climate change could destabilise the world in comparison with the disruption on the scale of the world wars of the last century.
May I remind you that back then it was the Tory press (and the Daily Mail in particular) that sided with Hitler in the 1930s.
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