I’m certainly not the first to say it and I certainly won’t be the last, but it’s time for Tony Blair to go. Time too for Sir Ian Blair to shuffle off as well. There is no question that politicians ought to listen to what the professionals have to say, but that doesn’t mean that… Continue reading Time for the Blairs to go
Category: musings
Irony upon irony
The ironies underlying today’s debate on the Terrorism Bill just seem to be multiplying: The current situation in France; A Prime Minster avowing defence of civil liberties while warmly embracing the President of China; Ministers with poppies on their lapels po-facedly claiming that the country has never faced a greater threat. Add to that this… Continue reading Irony upon irony
Nuclear half-wit
Whatever you might think about nuclear power, it is clearly deeply worrying that a science minister appears to think that it is renewable energy: In a debate on energy security in the House of Lords, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the Science and Innovation Minister, was asked whether he would reclassify nuclear as renewable energy. He… Continue reading Nuclear half-wit