for not only being a sensitive environmentalist:

"Of course, there is no doubt that the world is warming up but let's just stop
and think for a moment what the consequences might be. Switzerland loses its
skiing resorts? The beach in Miami is washed away? North Carolina gets knocked
over by a hurricane? Anything bothering you yet? We keep being told that in
just 20 years there will be no snow in the Atlas mountains, but honestly: who
cares? And so what if the sea level rises by five inches? I can appreciate that
this would be a nuisance if you were Dutch. But you're not, so relax. Finding
out that global warming will change the landscape in a part of the world where
we don't live is as relevant as finding out that the lesser mottled Tasmanian
butterfly is on the verge of extinction. It isn't even worthy of a shrug." (16
Jan 2005)

but for also having such open-minded views as:

"So, they're lowering the age of consent for homosexuals to four, teachers will
be allowed to promote sodomy in schools and the Army is to become a hotbed of
single-sex fumbling. I therefore find myself wondering. How long will it be
before we get "Gay Lanes" on the motorway?" (Feb 18th 2000)

oh hang on - someone beat me to it. Peculiar that the BBC didn't make much of a feature out of it...
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