Truck Driver Takes UK Government To Court Over ‘An Inconvenient Truth’

A truck driver has taken the British Government to court over a decision to send copies of former U.S Vice President Al Gore’s global warming film to secondary schools as part of its climate change campaign.

Steward Dimmock, also a school governor, has decided to challenge the decision made in February by the education and environment ministers at the time Alan Johnson and David Miliband.

Paul Downes, Dimmock’s lawyer has told the High Court that the Oscar Winning Film “An Inconvenient Truth” contained what he called ‘serious scientific inaccuracies’.

“Given the serious inaccuracies in the film and the misrepresentations it contains, the film is irredeemable,”

He then went on to claim that only half the film related to scientific material, 30% was political and the remaining 20% was “sentimental mush — mush there to soften up the viewer for persuasion.”

His lawyers claim that Dimmock, who is a father of two, insists that the government’s decision contravenes sections of the Education Act ‘which prohibit the political indoctrination of children

The British Government have been convinced by the scientific arguments that human activity is a major cause of global warming for quite some time and has led the diplomatic campaign to persuade those who doubt to agree.

The majority of climate change scientists have agreed that part of the climate change is human-induced, but there is still some debate in the scientific community about the degree and consequences of global warming.

The court hearing is expected to finish today. The judge may reserve his decision to give a written ruling at a later date.

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