IS THE campaign against global warming a tax-raising myth, real, or a cover-up for something far more unpleasant and long-lasting?

I am not a meteorologist or scientist, but I have a theory. It is an idea, if you like, yet a possibility.

This winter, the whole northern hemisphere has experienced the coldest weather in 30 years, from North America and Europe to the Far East. Yet in the southern hemisphere temperatures have soared, particularly in Australia, and Antarctica has had its warmest summer ever.

We have been told that the reason for this in Europe is that the jet stream has moved further south, causing ice-cold winds to blow in from the north east.

What has caused this dramatic change in our weather? This is where my outlandish theory comes in.

Could it have something to do with the gigantic undersea earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004, which caused the Sumatra tsunami that killed 280,000 people? I read at the time that this quake caused the Earth to wobble on its axis briefly. But did it retain its original axis or has it moved a fraction of a degree north? This would explain the present climatic conditions in the north and the global warming in the south. Just a fraction would multiply the effect worldwide several times.

As I said before, it’s only an unqualified theory, so, as Corporal Jones used to say: “Don’t panic!” The Earth is not about to turn turtle and fly off to the Sun or Mars – just yet!

DEREK HONEY, Queen Emma’s Dyke, Witney