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Something For The Weekend 17
18th December 2009 | 1 comments | 1 person likes this
Jet some 115 world leaders – including our very own Big Gord (aka Gordon Brown PM) – into Copenhagen to ‘save the planet from global warming’ and what happens? Well, not only does the hot air they produce (verbally and from their mode of transport) contribute to the very problem they are trying to solve, it drifts over to the UK and dumps a whole load of snow on us!
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Something For The Weekend 13
20th November 2009 | 0 comments | 3 people like this
It’s a case of ‘here we go again’, as all of us – not just motorists – find we are being held to ransom by greedy oil traders who have eclipsed the very companies themselves in manipulating the ‘black gold’ market, to send prices rocketing by Christmas.
Now, in keeping with a monetary theme, here’s the million dollar question: Will any government – not just the current one – ever do... -
They’ve really blown it!
27th July 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
You would think the management of any wind turbine blade manufacturer in the UK would be rubbing their hands with glee in the wake of the Government’s much-hyped pledge for a green energy revolution.
Loads of offshore and onshore windfarms all over the country – all needing new turbine blades and replacements in the future. What could be a more attractive proposition for a company such as Vestas, a Danish giant...
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Phil Wadley
Journalist Phil Wadley is a former assistant editor at the West Sussex County Times in Horsham. He started his career as a reporter with the East Anglian Daily Times in Ipswich, before joining Britain's most northerly newspaper, the Shetland Times in Lerwick. After five years he winged his way back South, eventually landing at the County Times via an unplanned detour into the world of commercial aviation with British Airways! Phil is a dedicated follower of news and current affairs.




