The United Kingdom will be holding two elections on Thursday. One Election will be for representation in Europe where Members of the European Parliament will be elected, and another will be for local authorities, where local councillors will be elected. There is no doubt that the elections will be very bad for the Labour Party. [...]
Filed under: Alistair Darling, Tony Blair, climate change, global warming, gordon brown, parliament | Tagged: elections, European Parliament | 1 Comment »
We need constitutional reform with checks and balances on the power of the executive.
Filed under: Alistair Darling, David Cameron, Tony Blair, gordon brown, parliament, tax | Tagged: arthur conan doyle, choosing the judiciary, flaws in the british constitution, members of parliament, MPs' expenses, power of UK Prime Minister, scots influence in the UK, Scottish Parliament. MPs, sherlock holmes | 3 Comments »
Get 50% grant on the cost of a solar thermal ssytem for your school, college, hospital or organisation
Filed under: Alistair Darling, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, genersys, global warming, grants, microgeneration, renewables, solar, solar energy, solar panels | Tagged: granst for not for profit organsiations, grants for solar, not for profit grants, pahse 2 low carbon buildings programme, Solar Trade Association | 4 Comments »
The Speaker of the House of Commons has advised everyone that he will resign on 21st June. It is clear that he has performed inadequately in bringing the issue of MPs expenses under control. He has fought to preserve the independence of the House of Commons without realising that its independence is not supposed to [...]
Filed under: Alistair Darling, Tony Blair, gordon brown, parliament, power | 2 Comments »
There is no environmental requirement for people taking up the car scrappage scheme. You can exchange a small old fuel economical car for a gas guzzling one, getting £2000 from the tax payer as a benefit.
Filed under: Alistair Darling, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, cars, climate change, energy, global warming, microgeneration, pollution, renewables, solar, solar energy, solar panels, tax | Tagged: incnetives for solar panels, UK car scrappage scheme | 2 Comments »
Politicians, like the bankers, depend on short term success. They find it convenient to believe that the earth is the centre of the universe and that the sun, moon and starts revolve around it. If politicians were given a better idea, they would have to be planning for long term success, and we, their electorates, would not punish them for working for the future generations.
Filed under: Alistair Darling, Nicholas Stern, climate change, global warming, gordon brown, pollution | Tagged: climate change and economics, economic growth, environmental degradation, resource management, stern review | 1 Comment »
…most wealth creators are not motivated by very high incomes but by the prospect of selling the company that they have built for a large capital gain. Capital gains tax is at the rate of 18%, which is not a rate to stifle wealth creation…
Filed under: Alistair Darling, carbon emissions, climate change, global warming, tax | Tagged: budget 2009, income tax rates, tax and wealth creation, taxes on emissions | 3 Comments »
Will Mr Darling’s budget help the UK get out of recession quickly?
Filed under: Alistair Darling, Coal, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, cars, climate change, electricity, energy, fuel, heat, microgeneration, natural gas, oil, parliament, wind turbines | Tagged: budget 2009, climate change targets, emission targets, emission targets for the UK, was the budget good for the environemnt | 4 Comments »
I thought that I should write today about the budget from an environmental perspective, and particularly one of climate change, but the documents need digesting so I shall limit myself to the one “environmental” topic that Mr Darling leaked a day before the budget – free money for old cars.
Filed under: Alistair Darling, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, global warming, solar, solar panels | Tagged: budget 2009, budget leaks, car pollution. car emissions, subsidies for scrapping old cars | 8 Comments »
Will there be a green budget from Mr Darling? Not on his present form,or that of the Government.
Filed under: Alistair Darling, David Cameron, carbon emissions, cars, climate change, energy, global warming, gordon brown, microgeneration, solar energy, solar panels | Tagged: bids for green cities, electric cars, green budget, Green New Deal, green policies | 11 Comments »
