MADAM - Can I first thank your paper for highlighting the event of four politicians from different parties signing a card that already had many signatures coming from Churches Together, committing those parties to take more action on climate change.

It was interesting, but predictable, that there was one party that hadn’t responded to the invitation – namely UKIP.

Regrettably it is indicative of many far-right wing parties right across the world, that are climate change deniers.

This is in the face of actual destruction and erratic weather patterns now happening everywhere at an alarming rate.

Perhaps it puts their rational for denial into context, as in, if we don’t believe it won’t happen?

Then we will not have to face up to millions of environmental immigrants coming here as their own lands are untenable to produce food.

Historically I have always been cautious about calling UKIP a far-right party however a person who has just joined its European group throws that into question.

Two weeks ago the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group which includes UKIP risked collapse after a Latvian female MEP left the group.

Each European faction must have at least seven EU states to make it viable and funded from the EU.

Reports came that Farage was panicking as funds would dry up if they could not get the numbers.

However a certain Polish MEP, Robert Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz came to the rescue, Farage was then quoted as saying the EDDF was “back in business”.

Perhaps people who are thinking of voting UKIP should first find out who their bedfellows are?

John Marjoram

Green Party district councillor Stroud