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Tory peer Lord Lawson says local authorities should do “absolutely nothing” to reduce their carbon emissions and that people are “ignoring the benefits of global warming”, something he describes as the “new religion”.
Last week, the UN General Assembly made history with its declaration that water and sanitation are human rights to which all people are entitled. The resolution was the fruit of many years’ labour by campaigners from around the world, and was eventually passed by 122 votes in favour to none against, with 41 abstentions. So why did the UK’s new Lib-Con government mount such a furious campaign against it?
If Nick Clegg genuinely wants this referendum to be broad based, cross party and wants this coalition period to usher in more plural politics – he must split the bill.
Today the business of banking is business. Banking is about almost anything. As the news comes of a steep return to profit among state-supported and state-owned banks, and rumours of bonuses and dividends abound, it is worth remembering this.
Labour members and public disagree on Labour’s election defeat. While the recession is common to both, the public put immigration & Gordon Brown ahead of other factors.
Chuka Umunna MP argues that Times leader writer Phil Collins is wrong to accuse Ed Miliband of vacating the centre ground. It misunderstands the history of the last 20 years.
Tony Benn’s has called for a “broad movement of active resistance to the Con-Dem government’s budget intentions”. But he also needs to set out how to reduce the deficit.
Despite the emerging global trend to ban deep sea drilling, as The Independent reports today, the UK has rejected calls for a moratorium in our waters.
The call by former defence chiefs Lords Bramall, Beach and Ramsbotham to delay a new Trident programme for at least another 15 years as Britain no longer requires an “all-singing, all-dancing” version as currently planned, raises fresh concerns as to both the strategic value and value to the tax payer of the £97 billion defence procurement programme.
