Liberal MP Craig Kelly was called a 'disgrace' and told to 'wake up' during a television interview in Britain that descended into chaos after the hosts savaged the self-proclaimed climate sceptic.
program on Monday for an interview that quickly turned south under questioning from provocative conservative co-host Piers Morgan."You are facing now one of the greatest crises you have ever faced, and there is you Mr Kelly, with respect, a senior politician who still doesn't think this has anything to do with a heating up planet," Morgan said.
Kelly shot back: "This is a terrible disaster, this is one of our nation's worst natural disasters, and in the past when we have these in our nation we all sat back and did what we could to fix it up, rather than people getting out there and scoring political points and that is what's happening now."
He also claimed there was "simply no" long-term trend to back up the widespread conclusions of scientists and other experts that the Australian climate was warming. "You have the second highest carbon emissions per person on earth and you are burying your head in the sand. You aren't a climate sceptic you are a climate denier," she said of Kelly. He did not take exception with that description.Nine of the 10 warmest years on record in Australia have occurred since 2005 and fire chiefs have said the length and severity of this bushfire season in unprecedented.
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