There are two ways to understand the COP26 pantomime beginning its second week of wasting everyone's time and money in Glasgow, Scotland. One is to read Ephesians 6:12; the other is to recognise it for what it really is: a gigantic eco-fascist gaslighting operation.

It's all about the optics. The spectacle of dozens of world leaders and their vast entourages arriving in their fleets of private jets is designed to awe the gullible masses into believing that the 'climate crisis' is real and urgent and the number one priority. The hyperbolic language of imminent doom is designed to generate an air of fear and panic and 'something must be done!' The clown show of designated cultural influencers (gorilla-hugging, whispery-voiced Malthusian David Attenborough; Leo DiCaprio; the inevitable Doom Goblin Greta Thunberg; etc) is aimed at reassuring us: 'It isn't just politicians who know this to be true. So too do your favourite TV and movie stars and pigtailed, autistic school dropouts!'

None of this mass propaganda would be possible, however, without the compliance of the media. For the evil spell to work its magic on the beglamoured populace, all the papers and TV news operations must be in agreement that a) the event is of paramount newsworthiness and b) that everyone present is speaking and acting in good faith, obviating any need to subject their claims to critical analysis.