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By emphasising their established long-term commitment to a better world for future generations and widening their sphere of interest, the Greens may have a brighter future than they think.
Cabinet ministers, and even captains of national sports teams, are exemplars of behaviour. They should be role models. Their conduct therefore needs to be judged by the highest (realistic) standards.
We shouldn't forget, in both the Terry and Huhne cases, that in the eyes of the law neither has been proven guilty yet, both are protesting their innocence and both could be reinstated in their positions of authority before the summer is out. However, one thing was made very clear this week: no matter how large your pay cheque, how important your position, or how many fans cheer your name from the stands on a Saturday afternoon, slip up and be prepared to face the consequences.
It's serious, say the nation's news people. Question: how serious is it? Answer: It is seriously serious. The serious nature of these serious allegations can not be understated, but there's not much understatement from this country's newsrooms.
If there is one source of energy less reliable than sun from Scotland, it must be oil from the middle east, especially now the Iranians are threatening devilment in the Straits of Hormuz, through which we are reliably informed a fifth of the world's crude passes every day.
People are rarely objective. This is particularly true when it comes to what we think of politics and politicians.
Ok, so let's get things under way by asking ourselves "just what the hell has happened to Chris Huhne?
On Thursday, Chris Huhne admitted in a speech at the Royal Society the UK government has made a consistent foul-up on nuclear energy since the 1950s. ...
We asked 36 people including a solicitor, an engineer and an accountant, to work out an energy bill using nothing but information from a supplier's website. Just one - a company director - could do it.
For Chris Huhne and Lib Dem party activists, associating their coalition partners with the much despised American right is just about the worst slur in the liberal book.
For years no one paid attention to the Lib Dems. Universally thought of as inoffensive, policies that were generally ignored by the public became unrealistic or incoherent. At one party conference back in 2003, a serious debate was held on the rights of goldfish. Beards. Sandals. Porn for teenagers. To say the party lacked credibility would, to put it bluntly, be kind.
Energy costs are rising, and the demand for electricity is expected to double by 2050 in the UK. As demand climbs, we can either build new plants - a costly option few utilities or tax payers can afford to bear, or find ways to improve the existing infrastructure in place through supply-side efficiency solutions.
The least I can do for an old mucker in trouble is proffer a little free curbside advice. What David Cameron needs right now is some crisis management.
Our ageing power plants are shutting down. In less than a decade, a quarter of them will go offline. We must build the equivalent of twenty large power stations by 2020 if we are to assure supply and meet our binding renewables and carbon targets
