Labor Party Leader: Cameron Gov. "Sleepwalking Into National Security Crisis" w/o Climate Action

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THE political row over the UK government’s response to the winter storms deepened yesterday after Ed Miliband accused Prime Minister David Cameron of giving up the fight against climate change and warned that Britain is “sleepwalking into a national security crisis”.

The Labour leader said the weather that has been wreaking havoc should serve as a “wake up call”, describing it as “extraordinary” that Mr Cameron was portraying climate change merely as “a matter of conscience” when it had been a “core conviction” when he was in opposition.

The attack came as Defence Secretary Philip Hammond conceded the military could have been brought in earlier to help cope with the crisis. Large swathes of the UK remain on high alert as people battle to protect their homes from the floodwaters.

In a newspaper interview, Mr Miliband stressed that “something is going on” with the climate, pointing to the fact that 2012 saw the second wettest winter on record and that this winter was a “one in 250 year event” so far. He said: “If you keep throwing the dice and you keep getting sixes then the dice are loaded. Something is going on. The events of the last few weeks have shown this is a national security issue in our own country too, with people’s homes, businesses and livelihoods coming under attack from extreme weather. And we know this will happen more in the future.”

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http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/weather-pm-failing-to-tackle-climate-change-1-3308714

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