New research: ‘Glaring obvious explanation’ is warming from greenhouse gases
New research has shown that on up to 11 different indicators of climate, each one pointed to a world that was warming owing to the influence of greenhouse gases.
Yearly Archives: 2010
Thumbs down to IDS reforms
Left Foot Forward summarises the concerns being expressed across the devolved nations to Iain Duncan Smith’s proposed shake up of the benefits system.
Trade follows the flag
A depressing basis for foreign policy indeed but, at least the coalition government are being honest about their motivations instead of pretending that it is about ethics or responsibility.
Time to enfranchise the great ignored: Time for votes at 16
At the age of 16, we can marry our MP, legally have sex with our MP, join the armed forces and fight for our MP and pay tax for our MP, but the one thing we cannot do is vote for our MP. How can this be justified?
Look Left – The Week in Fast Forward
Nick Clegg embarrased himself again this week, revealing he had changed his mind on the deficit before the election, and not telling anyone. This is the new politics?!
New clean energy cuts threaten low-carbon economic progress and new jobs
The Financial Times reported this week that serious and established plans by Siemens to build a wind turbine industry in the UK, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs, are now being threatened by possible new coalition cuts to clean energy budgets.
Bank of England Governor joins attack on bank lending
Following the embarrassingly empty green paper published this week, titled “Financing a private sector recovery” without offering any ideas on how to finance it, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has launched a blistering attack on Britain’s major banks.
Labour no longer loves Mandy
In today’s YouGov Labour leadership survey, Lord Mandelson is the only Labour figure to have a negative net asset rating – a result, no doubt, of his memoirs being released.
The week outside Westminster
Round of the week’s political news from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
David leads Ed by 8 points in first scientific poll of electoral college
David Miliband leads Ed Miliband by eight points in the run-off – 54 per cent to 46 per cent – in the fullest survey yet undertaken of the Labour leadership contest.