Wolf at the door for Cameron
David Cameron today attempted to make the case for immediate spending cuts. But his rationale is flawed, as the Financial Times’ Martin Wolf made clear this morning.
Green Politics
Parallels between climate denial & 1920s anti-relativity movement
“Currently, every coachman and every waiter is debating whether relativity theory is correct” – said Einstein; there are striking parallels with climate denial.
Will the immigration cap just be legislating for existing trends?
New statistics out today show a continued and rapid decline in net immigration to the UK: net migration to the UK in the year to September 2009 was 142,000.
ConDem cuts – what it means for the devolved bodies
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will have to contribute £704 million towards the overall UK cuts this year.
£6bn cuts – long-term pain for short-term gain?
Schools funding, Sure Start children’s centres and 16-19 education were spared the axe this morning as George Osborne and David Laws announced £6bn of cuts.
The environmental and economic benefits of renewable energy
A slew of recent reports, profiled at a conference organised on Friday by the UK Energy Research Centre, have challenged the myths on renewable energy.
“Deniers”, “sceptics,” or perhaps “climate creationists”?
This week’s New Scientist has a special section on denial, asking the question: From climate change to vaccines, evolution to flu, denialists are on the march.
Not much new on unemployment or job creation from coalition
On tackling unemployment, today’s coalition agreement bears a striking resemblance to the Conservative Party manifesto – and has scarcely more detail.
Osborne’s Office of Budget Responsibility reeks of old politics
The establishment of the Office for Budget Responsibility was Mr Osborne’s attempt to join the ‘change’ brigade, but is just a triumph of spin over substance.
Coalition agreement leaves many climate questions unanswered
The full agreement of the coalition government has been published this morning, but there’s little new detail on climate and energy policy.