Post Tagged with: "Incompetence"
DOGW: Celebrating 13 years of effective waste maximisation
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Read More“Sifting climate facts from speculation” – New Scientist
Via the New Scientist: IT WAS a dramatic declaration: glaciers across much of the Himalayas may be gone by 2035. When New Scientist heard this comment from a leading Indian glaciologist, we reported it. That was in 1999. The claim later appeared in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent […]
Read MoreGovernment and big pharma
Via PharmaTimes | EU to probe pharma over “false pandemic”, this deserves a longer post: The WHO’s “false pandemic” flu campaign is “one of the greatest medicine scandals of the century,” according to Dr Wolfgang Wodarg, chairman the PACE Health Committee, who introduced the parliamentary motion. “The definition of an alarming […]
Read MoreSocial policy in the noughties
In areas such as welfare reform, criminal justice and the voluntary sector, this government has got it badly wrong time and again As the millennium dawned, record economic growth and stability gave Labour an unparalleled platform for social reform. Its intentions were commendable. Who could oppose “cutting the bills of […]
Read MoreNot rearing pigs
A friend recently sent me this celebrated letter on the absurdity of bureaucracy. If you have not seen it, enjoy: Rt Hon David Miliband MP Secretary of State. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR 16 July 2009 Dear Secretary of […]
Read MoreCranmer: Conservatives launch Debt Clock
Via Cranmer: Conservatives launch Debt Clock: What you could buy with the interest on Labour’s debt: If Britain was not going to spend £63.7 billion a year on debt interest, we could: Abolish fuel duty, inheritance tax, and stamp duty or Abolish council tax or Pay for 1.5 million extra police […]
Read MoreClimate targets can’t be achieved, say energy companies – Telegraph
Via Climate targets can’t be achieved, say energy companies – Telegraph: Energy companies have privately warned the Government that its climate change targets are “illusory” and “delusional” as global leaders prepare to sign up to stricter guidelines at the Copenhagen climate change conference in six weeks. We are already facing […]
Read MoreLethal gas may have to be stored under villages, says adviser – Times Online
Via Lethal gas may have to be stored under villages, says adviser – Times Online: Millions of tonnes of potentially lethal carbon dioxide may have to be stored deep under towns and villages to prevent climate change, according to a senior government adviser. The storage sites would have to be closely […]
Read MoreHarriet Harman Investigated By Police Over Car Crash In Dulwich | UK News | Sky News
Police have confirmed that Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman is being investigated over her involvement in a car collision. It follows claims that she allegedly left the scene of an accident without giving her insurance details – an offence carrying a possible six-month jail term. The Mail on Sunday said […]
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