As long pointed out on this site, public interest in ‘global warming’ and the environment is in steady decline here in the UK, and, according to the ΦPHI5000, the world’s largest daily public-opinion tracker, climate change and the environment have now fallen into bottom place [‘People Stop Worrying About The Environment As The Economy And Tax Take Centre-Stage’, ΦPoliticsHome, May 16]:

“Since the start of April, PoliticsHome.com has been carrying out the largest and most ambitious daily tracker of public opinion ever attempted in the UK. A politically balanced panel of 5,000 real voters from all over the UK, provided by YouGov, are answering a daily survey with regular tracking questions devised and analysed by PoliticsHome.”

Here are the latest headlines from this fascinating tracker [a colourful graph showing the trends can be viewed at PoliticsHome]:

1. +The Economy has overtaken Immigration as the Number 1 issue;
   

2. +Taxation has overtaken Law and Order;
   

3. +Inflation has knocked Climate Change and the Environment into bottom place.
   

Anthony Wells comments:,

“This is no one-off blip: it’s a genuine change in priorities.”

"As the economy heads for trouble, there has been a remarkable shift in the public priorities. Issues like the environment have moved down the agenda and people have started worrying about tax and inflation.”

I wonder when media outlets like the BBC, Sky, and our more bien pensant newspapers will accurately reflect public opinion with respect to environmental issues?

“Phi on them until they do!” “Still, it’s all Greek to me.”

“Beta have some Omega-3 for tea. What an Alpha thought!”