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Mr Blair on Climate change


I'm somewhat disturbed that the Prime Minister is apparently of the view that the solution to global warming is technological rather than behavioural. I mean, technology definitely has a part to play, but without behaviour change it is hard to conceive technological change on a scale which would compensate for our growing use of energy. I wasn't entirely surprised, though, after his rather lame attempt to blazon his green credentials by 'turning down the thermostat' by one degree in one of his numerous residences. He probably could have done more to prevent global warming by not flying to Australia to watch the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. It's all about priorities and behaviours, isn't it?
Posted by racingsnake @ 10:11 PM GMT+00:00

A Fistful of Defeats


The ID Cards Bill has been rejected by the Lords for the fifth time. On the government side, Home Office Minister Andy Burnham said it had been 'clear since the outset' that ID Cards would be 'linked to passports' under the government's proposals. The opposition held to the interpretation that when the Government's manifesto said ID Cards would be implemented 'initially on a voluntary basis', that that meant citizens would be able to exercise a choice as to whether they would have one or not (or, by implication, be registered in what, in IT terminology, would be described as the 'tightly-coupled' National Identity Register). The following also gives cause for thought: 'Lady Park, a Tory peer and former senior MI6 officer, told Today should could not see a reason why the scheme should be compulsory. She feared it would "cause a marvellous opportunity for identity theft", financially, commercially, but also for unfriendly groups and foreign services who "will find every bit of information they need about somebody to create identity theft"'. One of the justifications advanced for the current scheme is that it will help in "The War Against Terror" --- and yet here we have a former intelligence officer's assessment that it is precisely those groups who will exploit such a scheme. The question now is: at what point will the Government assess the current ping-pong process as being more politically costly than invoking the Parliament Acts?
Posted by racingsnake @ 09:39 PM GMT+00:00
 
 
 
 
 
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