Nick Clegg impresses at climate change rally

I was delighted to see our leader, Nick Clegg, at today's climate change rally in Parliament Square. I feel as though the Lib Dems have lost their edge on climate change and sustainability issues over the last year, partly because we seem to have become less pro-active about trying to get the media to pay attention to our environmental policies. The one exception I can think of was in August when Nick launched our excellent “UK to be energy independent by 2050” policy.

I hope Nick's strong speech today signals the start of a concerted effort by him and the Lib Dem front bench to raise climate change, peak oil and sustainability up the agenda so that our party will again be seen as a leader on environmental issues.