The UK needs immediate constitutional reform

We need constitutional reform with checks and balances on the power of the executive.

I shall not anticipate a green budget

Will there be a green budget from Mr Darling? Not on his present form,or that of the Government.

The energy and environmental policies of the Conservative Party

Every political party wants to appear to have “green” policies these days. Green is the new black. The policies of the Government in the United Kingdom are well defined but inchoate, and more observed in their talk than in their action. They talk the talk but do not, when push comes to shove walk the [...]

How wind turbines work and their limitations

Wind turbines – how they work and their limitations
I have not written much about wind turbines in these posts for two reasons. First, understanding how much energy an wind turbine can deliver is quite complicated, a task not made easier by the varying claims and standards and secondly because wind energy suffers, like all forms [...]

Blueprint for a Green economy – the Conservatives’ paper on the economy, energy and the environment

I have been reading a document published by the Conservative Party called “Blueprint for a Green Economy, written by John Gummer and Zac Goldsmith as a submission to David Cameron’s shadow cabinet. I have been very critical of the Labour government’s energy policy and in the interests of balance I thought that I should turn [...]

Gordon Brown’s solar panels and David Cameron’s turbine

Hilary Benn has been quiet this week because he has been very busy saving us all from global warming in Bali, although I do not think he has any takers for his Climate Change Bill, except of course the lemmings who always vote for their party, right or wrong, at Westminster.    
It looks like Bali will [...]