Alan Williams

Somewhere between his references to Kermit the Frog and Sophocles during his recent speech to the General Assembly of the United Nations, Boris Johnson urged his clearly bemused listeners to ‘grow up’ and ‘listen to the warnings of the scientists’ because COP26 in Glasgow was ‘just 40 days away’ and it must be a ‘turning point for humanity’. But did his call for urgent action reach the Department for Transport?