tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post6873095869009816374..comments2023-07-15T11:16:18.809+01:00Comments on giroscope: Labour - Down, Down... Out?T.N.T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13994761000416067940noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post-27800935373214834312008-06-01T17:23:00.000+01:002008-06-01T17:23:00.000+01:00If you are looking for evidence of some disputes o...If you are looking for evidence of some disputes over Cimate change, I wouldn't think you'd have to look far but as a pointer, I'd direct you to: either 'Watts up with that?' or 'Climate Audit' by Steve Mcintyre both of which are quite good. <BR/><BR/>I don't think there's any dispute that climactic change is occurring. Where I part company is with the idea that human emmissions can be anything other than of microscopic import in the wider scheme of things. The climate does not remain static and there are always variations. I also find it mildly curious that your quoting of the fag end of the Bush administration's support for the man made climate change theory is evidence of anything other than an attempt to corral some eco-credibility for the Republican candidate in next year's presidential elections. Still, I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post-36757750299710276332008-06-01T12:52:00.000+01:002008-06-01T12:52:00.000+01:00I agree with you insofar as I don't think a Camero...I agree with you insofar as I don't think a Cameron govt will signal a major policy shift from what we had during the Blair years in most policy areas. It will, however, accelerate several worrying trends in policy - for example the destruction of civil liberties and movement towards a police state in the name of 'national security', destruction of the public services by partial privatisation and increased use of expensive management consultants who deliver little or no useful output, etc. <BR/><BR/>On climate change, I think Cameron has largely stopped talking about the environment since he realised the govt was vulnerable on more traditional battlegrounds - the economy in particular. <BR/><BR/>Your refusenik stance on Climate Change is not backed up by the evidence I have looked at from the Stern report and elsewhere - even the Bush administration seems to admit now that climate change is manmade (although they don't propose to do much about it). Failing to acknowledge a link between the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere and global temperature increases, when all recent modelling work shows stronger and stronger evidence that such a link exists, seems to put you in a similar category to the Flat Earth society. If you could cite some evidence to back up your stance it would be very useful for the debate. <BR/><BR/>However I do agree with your final paragraph - having reached similar conclusions for the opposite starting point.T.N.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13994761000416067940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14306519.post-46251506764905004292008-06-01T12:35:00.000+01:002008-06-01T12:35:00.000+01:00When I think back to the odiousness of this curren...When I think back to the odiousness of this current rabble when they turfed out the admittedly tired Major regime, I've got to say I for one am delighted at the current state of affairs. These guys have taken a golden legacy from Clarke and squandered it completely - as the late Paul foot said:<BR/><BR/>' They will find themselves bereft, without a single socialist policy to their credit'<BR/><BR/>I for one wish they had gone down a Hard left route, at least it would offer the voters something to vote for, and most importantly vote against! Whilst I might disagree with your policy diagnosis, one thing I think we can both agree on is that these people need to come up with an alternative approach and quickly. <BR/><BR/>Unlike you, I don't think that a Conservative victory will alter the trend significantly - a Cameron government doesn't seem likely to signal a policy shift towards the EU which increasingly calls the tune in terms of most policy areas anyhow. (Check out the Lisbon Treaty for proof of that!)In addition he makes the same noises to try and appease the maniacal Climate Change lobby (notice the change from Global warming)which seems oblivious to mounting evidence that Man made Climate change looks like being the greatest ever confidence trick played on the world's people.<BR/><BR/>In short, it seems unlikely that conventional party politics offers any solution to the problems we face. I hope I am wrong, but somehow I doubt it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com