In the face of all
available evidence — in council elections, byelections and
opinion polls — there was collective self - delusion, and the party was going to press ahead to disaster.»
For
polls see e.g., Brett W. Pelham, «Awareness,
opinions about global warming vary worldwide,» Gallup (2009), online here; Leiserowitz et al. (2010b) and other work by Leiserowitz's group; Council on Foreign Relations, «Public
Opinion on Global Issues» (2011)(no longer
available online); Bruce Stokes et al., «Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions,» Pew Research Center, Nov. 5, 2015, online here.