Thank goodness for…
by Stephen Tall on June 12, 2007
… the letters pages of the local press. A correspondent from Abingdon, who finds himself bemused by which bin is collected when these days, has devised the perfect system by which to remember, and has kindly passed on his plan (…)
The truth about recycling, according to the Economist
by Stephen Tall on June 12, 2007
One of the questions that’s – quite reasonably – asked by recycling-sceptics is: prove it’s more environmentally friendly to recycle than to throw away, given the respective consumption of energy in both processes. So I was particularly interested in a (…)
Fisking Tony Blair
by Stephen Tall on June 12, 2007
I’m usually a fan of Tony Blair’s speeches. They combine rhetorical, oratorical oomph with persuasive, linear logic. So his speech today to the Reuters Institute on ‘public life’ was a disappointment. It’s not that what he said was wrong, it’s (…)
Who do councillors represent?
by Stephen Tall on June 12, 2007
It’s a no-brainer question, isn’t it? Our residents, our voters, our punters – call them what you will, they are our bosses, we answer to them. So why ask the question? Well, I was flicking through a publication last night (…)
What will happen to the DTI?
by Stephen Tall on June 12, 2007
Lib Dem shadow secretary of state for trade and industry, Susan Kramer, has been setting out her reasons for seeking voluntary redundancy, as the party again voices its commitment to abolish a “fundamentally flawed” department. Susan clearly believes Gordon Brown (…)
