Reform UK councillor calls man-made global warming a ‘hoax’
By: | Published: 2025-07-10 19:54:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
A senior Reform UK councillor has been criticised after claiming man-made global warming is a “hoax”.
Bert Bingham, cabinet member for transport and environment at Nottinghamshire County Council, made the comments during a public meeting on Thursday.
He claimed data is “manipulated” and people have been “brainwashed over time through the media”.
Bingham declined the BBC’s request for an interview.
Bingham was speaking during a debate on a motion tabled by Labour councillors which called for the Reform-run authority to recommit to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.
“I’ve been involved in award-winning sustainability projects for 25 years, and I’ve never seen such nonsense as the anthropogenic global warming hoax,” he said.
“The statistics are manipulated. I’ve followed it over decades, there’s…
