Boris Johnson and Climate Change
There must be something in this climate change business if good old Boris Johnson, recently elected Mayor of London, has changed his mind about it. Just three years ago Mr Johnson in his friendly,...
View ArticleThe Climate Change Bill will not change climate change
Peter Lilley is a Conservative MP and he has criticised the Climate Change Bill, working its way through Parliament, because it represents poor value. He places the cost at “up to” £10,000 per family...
View ArticleUK terrorism laws applied to things that are nothing to do with terrorism
Parliament has enacted a series of anti-terrorism laws which are being used in ways that have nothing to do with terrorism. Great care must be taken before you give the police or the tax authorities...
View ArticleThe energy and environmental policies of the Conservative Party
Every political party wants to appear to have “green” policies these days. Green is the new black. The policies of the Government in the United Kingdom are well defined but inchoate, and more observed...
View ArticleTime for the climate change talk to stop
To permit the climate to change or not to permit the climate to change; that is the question. You can read, see and hear about the importance of address climate change every day. Most of the talking is...
View ArticleWe pay members of Parliament to solve problems, not to smear people
Politics is a strange world and I do not understand it. Somewhat naively, I had believed what politicians told me when they said that they had entered politics for public service. These days you do see...
View ArticleMr Cameron’s Green Agenda
Politicians and leaders of nations have two ways of communicating their ideas to the public. The first is in a speech; they universally like to make speeches and they probably attach too much...
View ArticleEmissions savings and Energy savings: time to stop talking about it and start...
I have for many years criticised the government for talking about the environment and reducing greenhouse gases, but failing to do much more than talk or set up talking shops and advice centres. In...
View ArticleThe Green Deal
In two weeks time the UK Government will have completed the finishing touches to the “Green Deal” which will be at the heart of its claim to be the greenest government ever. Frankly there is not a...
View ArticlePoliticians Papers and Policemen
The scandal continues to enliven a dull July. The politicians are embarrassed because they have associated most closely with newspapers and their journalists, some of whom have hacked into people’s...
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