A British father is asking a court to intervene in what he is calling brainwashing by the Labor government in Britain. Specifically, he wants them to stop distributing copies of Al Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, which he asserts contains quite a lot of convenient lies.
Lorry driver and school governor Stewart Dimmock is seeking a court order quashing the Govern-ment's decision to distribute the documentary and four short films to 3,500 schools and also to declare that decision unlawful.
Mr Justice Burton, who must decide whether to allow a judicial review of the policy, asked if Mr Dimmock was interested in climate change.
Mr Paul Downes, Mr Dimmock's counsel, replied: "Lots of parents have written to him supporting his application. They do not want our children brainwashed in this way by the New Labour Thought Police."
Mr Downes also pointed to one of the short films in the pack, Champions' Diaries, which was produced by the farming and environment department Defra.
In it children are represented as fervent converts to the Government's agenda, said Mr Downes. He added: "Religious language is used, such as 'spread the word' and 'spread the news'. It's all designed to spread the Government gospel."
David Miliband, who was environment secretary when the school packs were announced in February, said at the time: "The debate over the science of climate change is well and truly over."
Mr Downes told Mr Justice Burton – who has not yet seen the Al Gore film – that it was "half scientific, 30 per cent pure politics and the other 20 per cent is what I would describe as sentimental mush".
He added: "The mush is there to soften up the viewer for persuasion. Of the half of the film that is scientific, the majority is either false or vastly exaggerated."
Well, yes it is. The 20 foot sea rise is nonsense as even the IPCC has pointed out – and they are not even close to being an uninterested party in all this. Many others have pointed out – repeatedly – the very bad science in Gore's film.
Meanwhile in other Gore news, word has been sent to the Nobel Prize committee that unless Darth Gore wins a prize, he fully intends to cash out earth's balance.
