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The myth that New Labour is pro-nuclear Everyone from big business to greens imagines that British government policy favours nuclear energy. It doesn’t A Fu Manchu of the dot com age? Claims that Chinese cyber-spies are plotting world domination through the World Wide Web are greatly exaggerated Political writing: long live the cliche Andrew Rawnsley, one of Britain's leading political commentators, offers an excellent – if inadvertent – lesson in how to repeat tired old images and mangle metaphors, too. I've counted more than 30 lame phrases, and have highlighted them in yellow
Science, engineering and the two Cabinets How many of our leaders in New Labour and the Conservatives have any background in technology or business? The recession and the Politics of Fumbling The consistent incompetence of politicians does not come by chance: it's a symptom of their lack of a cohering ideology A top sociologist has kind words for what is in fact a searing polemic The Severn Barrage: calling greens' bluff Green objections to the Severn Barrage reveal little more than a phobia of major projects Two new books on cars have much – but not everything – to recommend them The CFLs are on, but nobody’s home The mad green war on light bulbs won’t save much electricity - it’s about enforcing moral rectitude in the home Lights: Behind the controversy on compact fluorescents vs incandescents Keeping the lights on is more vital than improving the energy efficiency of lighting products Climate change will be a central part of government agendas in 2009 - and a rich source of diplomatic squabbles, too Interview with the late Herman Kahn, the man who pretty much invented forecasting How China's economic growth can help the world's environment Nothing Romantic about environmentalists The great nineteenth-century English poets waxed lyrical about nature, but they still believed in humanity - unlike today’s eco-pessimists Freddie Mac – when are you coming back? What my book Why is construction so backward?, written with Ian Abley, said four years ago about today's financial crisis in the US |
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