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The following is an extract from a Daily Telegraph article condemning Labour’s economic record under Blair/Brown: “Not helping Labour’s argument is the string of inept projects which cost the taxpayer billions and ended up on the scrap heap. IT projects were a particular scourge of the New Labour years. In 1998, Labour announced a programme to reform the way the NHS used IT. Predicted to cost £6.2 billion, it ended up...

In the US and China, climate change is the perhaps the most-talked about issue in the political debate. Despite the imminent election in the UK, nobody would say the same there. Source: How we stopped talking about the climate this election — and why thats a problem –...

Apolitical candidate lambasts BBC Radio Berkshire for biased treatment Apolitical parliamentary candidate Peter Norman expressed his anger today at being deliberately excluded from Radio Berkshire’s hustings at Newbury Market Place this morning (Wednesday 9:00am). Commenting on the conversations he has had with the radio station Peter said: “The BBC has a remit as a public service broadcaster to ensure that there is fair coverage of...

Source: VIDEO: Newbury candidates quizzed at St Bart’s hustings – News – Newbury Weekly News

Yesterday was Earth Day an event marked across the world by people who are concerned about the future of our planet and the impact of climate change.  But apparently this does not include our political leaders who did not even make reference to climate change in their press conferences. To mark Earth Day the world scientists again published what they think needs to be done: Limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius Keeping...

Read his speech given last night to the Streatley hustings here: Streatley Husting Speech 2015-04-19