There's an excellent new survey out which has the recycling zealots wringing their hands in frustrated fury.

For it turns out that "despite the consensus of scientists" (Oh yeah? What consensus?)more than 60 per cent of the British public are more concerned about dog dirt on their pavements than they are about "the imminent extinction of the planet through global warming".

I find that tremendously cheering.

While all the dustbin Gestapo are working themsleves into a muck sweat by tearing our trash apart to ensure we're not disposing of the wrong sort of lettuce or whatever, the British are smiling to themselves and watching the loonies go about their demented work with bemused tolerance.

Does anyone else think that the whole global warming community is beginning to sound like a bunch of religious fundamentalists?

Along with the anti-smokers and recyclers?

At least there is some provable evidence that dog shit actually exists!