Whatever the reason behind it, there’s no doubt that Happisburgh has a bit of a problem. The fact is that without maintained coastal defences, the sea is reclaiming land it has been denied for so long, and those unlucky enough to be living there at the time are paying the price for the decision to stop maintenance of the defences.Many cite Happisburgh as an example of the impact of Climate Change - sea level rise obviously means that in years to come we will have a different relationship with the coastline than we do now. However others suggest that what’s happenening at Happisburgh doesn’t have anything to do with Climate Change and everything to do with isostatic rebound after the ice age causing the east coast to fall while the west coast rises.

But to claim that ‘stories like this are constantly peddled by the leftist media‘ also misses the point. For whatever reason, our government now feels unable to continue funding defence of the majority of our coastline, but is neglecting it’s moral responsibility to mitigate the cost of that decision on those it affects.

If we get more publicity for the injustice by saying the root cause is climate change - guess what my opinion is?