An evening with John Gummer and climate change

Posted by on Jan 21, 2011 in Blog, Politics | 15 comments I was curious to discover what John Gummer had been doing since stepping down as a Conservative MP at the last general election to champion climate change. So I was only too happy to accept an invitation to hear him speak to Cambridge university students and city supporters last night, and join them afterwards for a fine fish supper at Loch Fynes. Now Lord Deben, I found him a passionate,...
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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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