Ah, democracy. The informed will of the majority. If only the practice was as simple as the theory. When it comes to issues such as climate change, one starts to wonder if democratic mechanisms can take the strain, with people on all sides claiming that their views are supported by irrefutable science and that all who disagree are either astonishingly stupid or part of a vast conspiracy.
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Derek Parker is a regular contributor to The Spectator Australia. His first novel, This Tattooed Land, was recently published by Connor Court
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