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Category Archives: Domestic
Budget blog 2: Wolf ingnores evidence!
TweetShareMartin Wolf is one of the world’s most trusted, authoritative and influential economic commentators. A central reason for his ascent to such a height has been the rigour of his thinking. He is, above all, the champion of public policy … Continue reading
Osborne shoots Cameron’s husky: budget 2012
TweetShareI was on BBC Radio 4′s The World Tonight last night giving my reaction to Osborne’s budget, and the environmental impact it will have. Follow this link to hear the programme. My interview can be found 28 minutes in.
Budget Blog: Death of greenest government ever
TweetShareWhat Cameron put together Osborne is now taking apart. Detoxifying the Conservative Party while in Opposition has been the Prime Minister’s greatest political success. It got him his current job. It also got the Chancellor the opportunity to present budgets. … Continue reading
Coalition review: energy and climate change
TweetSharePublished in The House Magazine, No.1411, Volume 36, on 15th March 2012. The Coalition Review looks into how far the government has stuck to the Coalition Agreement in key policy areas. This week Lord Turnbull, Michael Meacher, and I each … Continue reading
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Blog: Huhne’s resignation a blow for climate change
TweetShareChris Huhne’s resignation is bad news for energy policy and for climate change. He has done a brilliant job both for the country and for the planet. Huhne was intellectually and politically able to, and up for, taking on the … Continue reading
Cameron’s policy cannibalism: economic policy eating environment policy
TweetSharePublished by the Green Alliance, in January 2012. A toxic conjunction of incompetence and ideology has all but destroyed David Cameron’s promise to lead the ‘greenest government ever.’ In doing so the Coalition has wasted a rare opportunity to align … Continue reading
Tom Burke’s political commentary: A tune that bodes ill for environment and growth
TweetSharePublished in ENDS Report 443, p. 52, 20 December, 2011. On Europe and the environment, Cameron and Osborne have advanced arguments in the past month that will only serve to drive a wedge between the Coalition parties. The law of … Continue reading
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Tom Burke’s political commentary: From the greenest government ever… to our very own Tea Party
TweetShareENDS Report 441, p. 55, October 2011. Cameron came to power amid a plethora of greenery that convinced many that the Tories are not the ‘nasty party’. But coalition policy shows every sign of a conviction that green gets in … Continue reading
Chris Huhne is right – green ‘red tape’ can be good for business
TweetSharePublished in The Guardian, on 21st June 2011. The minister is rightly frustrated at an attack on regulation by the Tory right based on flawed notions of freedom and growth There is a great deal of debate these days about … Continue reading
Tom Burke’s political commentary: Cameron’s green gambit – true hue or camouflage?
TweetShareENDS Report 436, p. 48, May 2011. One year on and a string of government missteps have left many questioning its true commitment to the environment and genuine reform The collision between the simplicities of politics and the complexities of … Continue reading