Boris Johnson has opted for political expediency over tackling climate change, says Murad Qureshi
Archive for July, 2009
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, July 31st, 2009
Should defence spending be increased? You said: Yes: 34% No: 66%
By Tribune Web Editor /Friday, July 31st, 2009
It’s bad enough, or simply just sad enough, that Barack Obama has to attend summits with a man who makes racist remarks about his tan. But Silvio Berlusconi is diplomacy personified compared to David Cameron’s new friends in Europe. So, if the Tories win the next election, how good will Barack Obama feel meeting with [...]
The real lesson of Norwich North
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, July 30th, 2009The Norwich North by-election was a cack-handed, futile sacrifice. The only proficiency displayed by the Labour Party throughout the whole sorry affair was in the precision with which it shot itself in the foot. That the by-election took place at all was an unnecessary act of self-harm from a party that has lost its political compass along with its political marbles. That it arose because of the disciplinary pursuit of one MP among many who more deservedly should have been in the dock also raises serious questions about Labour’s collective moral commitment to the rules of natural justice.
Delay masks twin victory in mesothelioma fight
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, July 30th, 2009The Government’s decision to delay yet again an announcement for compensation for sufferers of industrial pleural plaques masks a double victory for unions and campaigning MPs.
Putting the spin in to global warming
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, July 30th, 2009How science still plays second fiddle to politics in the global warming debate
Miliband on defensive as protesters urge nationalisation of Vestas plant
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, July 30th, 2009Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was forced to defend his green energy policy in the face of angry protests from a coalition of campaigners this week as Britain’s only wind turbine plant prepared to close.
Housing cuts put Brown’s building plans into reverse
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, July 30th, 2009by René Lavanchy and Keith Richmond
Russia warns West again over Georgia and Nato
By Tribune Web Editor /Thursday, July 30th, 2009Russia’s envoy to Nato said last week that allowing Georgia entry into the Western military alliance would defy logic if its new borders were not internationally recognised beforehand.