Joel Barnett
Nov 5, 2014
Bishop Hill in Climate: Parliament, Labour

It's sometimes said that climate change scepticism is a right-wing thing and that everyone who opposes the global warming movement prays to Margaret Thatcher each night.

Joel Barnett, who passed away recently, was one man who gave the lie to that absurd conspiracy theory. Better known as the author of the "Barnett formula" by which public spending is apportioned between the different parts of the UK, he was a lifelong Labour supporter and latterly a trustee of the GWPF.

Lord Donoughue, a colleague in the Labour Party and at GWPF, has written an obituary here.

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