I am disappointed that Lord Birt did not find a job elsewhere, because he will continue to give his third-rate and amateurish advice to the prime minister. Why could he not be appointed governor of the Falkland Islands? |
It is all very well for the government to trumpet the merits of technology in reducing carbon emissions, but it simply isn't enough; we need robust, measurable targets, not just vague aspirations. |
Matters were drifting. There was a need to take action. |
Rather than increasing fuel costs to pay for nuclear the government should be investing in renewable energy. |
The arrival of this spy center means that Big Brother is finally here. The balance between the state and individual privacy has swung too far in favor of the state. |
The suspicion must be that Tony Blair has already decided to advocate an increase in the use of nuclear power - this review will serve little purpose if the prime minister has already made up his mind. |
Thirty years ago, on a lark, my dad took a seed from a grapefruit and planted it. I remember seeing it, a little twig sticking out of the ground. Amazingly, it grew. It's tall and huge now. It's turned into a monster. |
This decision today places another stake at the heart of John Prescott's plan for a massive expansion of house building in the South East, which has taken almost no account of water supply needs. |
We don't want a Mrs Thatcher-type figure hitting us with a handbag and telling us what to do. |