Apparently the actress Cate Blanchett has come out in favour of a carbon tax in her native Australia, a move that has attracted some pointed criticism form political commentators down under.
Readers of this blog may be amused to see Ms Blanchett's modest bungalow in Brighton, her residence when she lived in the UK a couple of years back.
(After that little lurch into the world of celebrity gossip, we expect normal, slightly grumpy service to be resumed shortly.)