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Wider issues

1 May 2009 | spiked

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

7 April 2009 | spiked

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

30 March 2009 | Special to Woudhuysen.com

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 76kB

24 March 2009 | New Civil Engineer

Science, engineering and the two Cabinets

How many of our leaders in New Labour and the Conservatives have any background in technology or business?

19 March 2009 | spiked

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

February 2009 | spiked

Praise for Energise!

A top sociologist has kind words for what is in fact a searing polemic

15 January 2009 | New Civil Engineer

The Severn Barrage: calling greens' bluff

Green objections to the Severn Barrage reveal little more than a phobia of major projects

| Blueprint

Sex, men and cars

Two new books on cars have much – but not everything – to recommend them 457kB

12 January 2009 | spiked

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

8 January 2009 | BBC Breakfast

Lights: Behind the controversy on compact fluorescents vs incandescents

Keeping the lights on is more vital than improving the energy efficiency of lighting products

22 December 2008 | spiked

Global rivalries go green

Climate change will be a central part of government agendas in 2009 - and a rich source of diplomatic squabbles, too

17 August 2008 | Design magazine, July 1982

Interim report

Interview with the late Herman Kahn, the man who pretty much invented forecasting

17 July 2008 | Battle of Ideas

China... pollution solution?

How China's economic growth can help the world's environment

16 July 2008 | Radio 4

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

15 July 2008 | Forecasts proved right

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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