What are the issues that concern you most? For me, it is the climate and nature crisis. I am increasingly frustrated that this is not at the forefront of political debate in the UK, even now that the National Emergency Briefing on climate and nature has made it clear that climate breakdown is no longer a distant or future problem, but is causing an immediate threat to UK national security, public health and economic stability. Although it is reassuring that I am not alone in

This week I finally took the plunge and replaced my elderly Honda with a used BEV - a Battery Electric Vehicle. I have taken many years to reach this point. For a long time, I was persuaded by a familiar environmental argument: that it is often more sustainable to hold on to an existing, if elderly, car. The logic is simple - follow the usual environmental advice of 'repair and keep'. Extending the life of a vehicle spreads the 'embodied carbon' from its manufacture over more