by Ellee Seymour | Dec 30, 2009 | climate change, General Election 2010, Politics
John Gummer’s decision to stand down at the next general election did not come as a great surprise to me. Our next parliament must modernise and I believe there will be many changes in the way it works in an attempt to start winning back public trust following...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 30, 2009 | climate change, Environment, Politics
I’ve been closely following the Doha trade talks as my MEP Robert Sturdy, who as vice-chairman of the Inter-Parliamentary World Trade Organisation Committee, has played a key role in these negotiations. I know his frustrations only too well as year after year, world...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 18, 2008 | climate change, Politics
I remember collecting James from school one Friday afternoon when he was 11 and telling him I was taking him a mystery tour, that we were going somewhere really special. We stopped off at the chippie en route and James was bursting to know where we were heading,...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 13, 2008 | climate change, Politics
It’s not just scientists and world leaders who are trying to tackle the threat of climate change. Financial Times readers – surely some of the brainiest on the planet – are being asked for their creative ideas too. I mentioned before how I am really...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 6, 2008 | climate change, Politics, updates
How long will it be before Al Gore is leading Barack Obama’s climate change programme? The Nobel Peace Prize winner described his frustrations at being unable to persuade the Bush administration to take climate change seriously when I heard him speak in...
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