tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post2966316428562166065..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Abolishing DECC Offends 'The Elders' ...CityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-68025356378372130712016-07-20T06:54:45.655+01:002016-07-20T06:54:45.655+01:00What do you get if you set up a failed bank, and p...What do you get if you set up a failed bank, and pursue policies that lead to the closure of your employer?<br /><br />Step up Lord Barker of DECC. He of the Green Bank fiasco.<br /><br />http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-barker-of-battle/1389Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-85607959288040836872016-07-19T20:44:57.696+01:002016-07-19T20:44:57.696+01:00We know Ed Miliband is pretty pissed off about the...We know Ed Miliband is pretty pissed off about the demise of DECC, but wow, he's got support from The Elders! Who? It's Nelson Mandela (worrying from beyond the grave), Jimmy Carter, Desmond Tutu, and Mary Robinson, to name but a few. <br /><br />Al the reason needed to disband it.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76296415326419951092016-07-19T13:47:52.084+01:002016-07-19T13:47:52.084+01:00It gets better:
Philippines won't honour UN c...It gets better:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/19/philippines-wont-honour-un-paris-climate-deal-president-duterte" rel="nofollow">Philippines won't honour UN climate deal</a>, says president. Duterte says Paris climate pact seeks to dictate to developing countries and limit economic growthNick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-1620627603112529582016-07-19T11:19:01.866+01:002016-07-19T11:19:01.866+01:00Ha ha - this is genuinely really amusing.Ha ha - this is genuinely really amusing.Dick the Prickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683095612320513712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-7532230494855269862016-07-19T09:40:48.021+01:002016-07-19T09:40:48.021+01:00Anon @ 8.52
Banks aren't the only problem Ita...Anon @ 8.52<br /><br />Banks aren't the only problem Italy has. <br /><br />I was in Milan/Como a month ago and the refugee crisis there is truly shocking. <br /><br />Lots and lots of pushy young men of fighting age who are clearly not Italian. I understand that these are transients making their way to Northern Europe but to the average Italian I doubt it makes a difference. <br /><br />There is a curious aparthied going on - based on denial rather than racism. I would have felt very insecure were it not for the fact that Milan is now like a military state with a troop carrier on every corner and gun toting police everywhere. <br /><br />Not the romantic trip I'd planned for my wife. Well, it was, but only in the sense that we felt like young and intrepid adventurers in an exotic country. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71960554126197717602016-07-19T09:33:34.101+01:002016-07-19T09:33:34.101+01:00On Elder Mary Robinson's article:
China at 20...On Elder Mary Robinson's article:<br /><br />China at 20.09% of Global Greenhouse Gas emissions. <br /><br />How much of that is linked to production outsourced from the West... done in response to punitive energy taxation ?<br /><br />The Left always ALWAYS bring us unintended consequences. Electro-Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18073103431166273080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87173795450463804392016-07-19T08:52:53.717+01:002016-07-19T08:52:53.717+01:00Going a bit OT, I didn't realize how much brow...Going a bit OT, I didn't realize how much brown stuff the italian banks were up to their eyesballs in until I read this -<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/gt6tlrj<br /><br />I see also the ratings agencies were once again gold plating turds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-56699208916112723462016-07-19T08:33:21.638+01:002016-07-19T08:33:21.638+01:00I thought old people's opinions didn't cou...I thought old people's opinions didn't count, or maybe that was just for BrexitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-71623232180894087962016-07-18T19:47:54.059+01:002016-07-18T19:47:54.059+01:00@ island nations who fear disappearing off the map...@ island nations who fear disappearing off the map as the oceans rise<br /><br />The Chinese can fix that.Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-29995363670328419272016-07-18T18:47:17.230+01:002016-07-18T18:47:17.230+01:00The Elders was started by Branson and was his firs...The Elders was started by Branson and was his first foray into Bono/Geldof quantities of sermonising sanctimony. Saying that, I found that out in his autobiography, which is bloody excellent.Scannoreply@blogger.com