The Truth About Britain’s Wildfires

 As you can see, about three quarters of the wildfire areas to date occurred in February and March, which as we know were very dry months this year. Clearly, however, this cannot be blamed on climate change because the Met Office keep telling us that winters are supposed to be getting wetter as a result!

But more to the point, that big spike in the first week of April was accounted for by a series of gigantic fires in the Mountains of Mourne, believed to have been started deliberately:

Since that outbreak, nothing out of the ordinary has occurred.

But behind all of this data, a real problem seems to be emerging, which has been picked up on X

Labour’s rewilding plans risk sparking a surge in wildfires across Britain, gamekeepers have claimed.

The Government is proposing to ban winter burning – a traditional upland management technique that reduces the amount of fuel for potential fires – from more than half of all peatland in England.

It is claimed the changes will help to “re-wet” Britain’s peat bogs, reduce the risk of wildfires and cut carbon emissions.

Environmentalists want to preserve peat bogs because they soak up vast quantities of carbon. But landowners and gamekeepers have claimed that, far from protecting the environment, the burning restrictions will instead leave Britain’s moors and heaths at the mercy of wildfires that will be “too large to fight”....<<<Read More>>>....