Gordon Brown and Margaret Thatcher on climate change

Posted by on Dec 16, 2009 in Environment | 7 comments Margaret Thatcher, 6 December 1990 at the 2nd World Climate Change: “The threat to our world comes not only from tyrants and their tanks. It can be more insidious though less visible. The danger of global warming is as yet unseen, but real enough for us to make changes and sacrifices, so that we do not live at the expense of future generations. Our ability to come together to stop or limit...
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A festive treat to rival Pamela Anderson

Posted by on Dec 16, 2009 in Personal | 4 comments I’m taking my music loving pa-in-law to an amazing Christmas show tomorrow in a tiny Norfolk hamlet which attracts 130,000 people a year, boosting the local economy by a cool £8 million. The £2.5 million Christmas Spectacular in Thursford is pure thrilling entertainment in the old-fashioned sense, including the high kicking Tiller girls, and is recognised as being the largest show of its...
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Why can MEPs switch jobs so easily?

Posted by on Dec 16, 2009 in General Election 2010 | 4 comments Around 200 eager beavers have applied for the safe Conservative seat of West Suffolk to succeed Richard Spring. I believe they include a recently elected MEP. Being elected an MEP back in June was a huge privilege, and I do not understand how they can now renege on pledges they made to constituents during what was a very tough election campaign and decide to switch jobs. The same obviously goes...
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