As he took up the role of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the Liberal-Democrat Chris Huhne also took up with a new partner, and is recently divorced from his wife. So BP has taken up with the Kremlin, now set to become the company's largest shareholder, in a move which has upset its previous major partner, the US.
Meanwhile, it turns out that whilst Britain has been taken up with Russian spies, the previous government, via the Association of Chief Police Officers, had been funding under-cover agents to spy on climate change activists. One of these has now changed sides and given evidence in support of his former green comrades.
The political climate it seems - and not just the weather - is increasingly difficult to predict.
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