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Winchester Guildhall
SIR: Feeling too hot this summer? Then go along to a meeting of the city council's Cabinet in the Guildhall meeting room. The four large air conditioning units will keep you cool while extra ventilation is provided through all the open doors and windows. You will have to listen to the earnest Lib Dem councillors repeatedly stating that dealing with the Climate Emergency is their highest priority, while taxpayers' money is used to keep these hypocrites cooler than the rest of us.
While the council does now pay an electricity supplier that buys only renewable energy and the city council has installed a small number of solar panels, almost all the electricity used to keep the councillors cool comes from the national grid, which is generated by nuclear and gas powered power stations as well as from renewables. We must all find ways to reduce the amount of carbon that we consume, including reducing the amount of electricity. The Lib Dem Councillors should not be leading the way by creating pollution!