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Monthly Archives: July 2010
The Climate Non-Debate
In the face of the economic crisis climate change has been getting little attention from the media of late. To say that this is a mistake is both obvious and an understatement. Interest and belief in global warming was waning … Continue reading
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What Thatcher Couldn’t Do
This week has been a week full of policy announcements from the Tory government. The dismantling of the FSA in return for cash from big food companies was the first blow, although as Deborah Orr eloquently put it: the FSA … Continue reading
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To the Left to the Right
Perhaps it’s my own paranoia, but I’ve always felt as if those on the righter side of things tend to view those on the left as lacking in intellectual rigour, as somewhat naïve and immature; perhaps even a little irrational. … Continue reading
The Chancellor Can’t Add Up
I was never going to like the recent emergency/austerity budget from the Con-Lib coalition. Instinctively anti-Tory at heart, I didn’t trust all the talk about ‘progressive budgets’ coming from the Conservative end. What made it more suspicious was how George … Continue reading
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The Problem With Life 