Peter Luff

Islamophobes sound alarm over Muslim "radicalization" in British prisons -- no, wait...

No, this time, it's the Muslim "counter-extremism" Quilliam Foundation confirming what others have been warning about for years. What remains to be seen is whether their report -- unsullied by any distasteful "otherness" on the...

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Privatising the post: too much, too late

PostStrikeCovPA_468x319.jpg Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt details the turbulent history of government attempts to sell off the postal service and how consultants conspired to present public sector looting as sheer imperative. While...

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Region’s campaigners unite to fight wind farms

Anti-wind farm campaigners are joining forces in a move that could put the region at the forefront of a challenge to the Government’s renewable energy plans. Joe Willis reports. TOO many wind turbines are being built too tall...

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Turbine ruling would kill Cheltenham project

A bid to stop wind turbines being built close to homes would ‘kill’ a community-backed energy scheme in Hester’s Way, Cheltenham’s MP said in Parliament. Plans to impose a half-mile exclusion zone around houses for all but the...

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Weekly intelligence brief: November 02-09

This week’s news round-up includes: Nexans, Centrica, Cape Wind, Ofgem, the EU's European Investment Bank, Bilfinger Berger, Per Aarsleff, Eneco, AXYS, E.ON, enXco, Linden Wind Project, and an update on the UK's Onshore Wind...

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You say you want a revolution, well...

"1989 saw publication of the Monopolies & Mergers Commissions (MMC) report on the industry – which led to probably the most far-reaching piece of legislation to affect it to date" 1989 was a tumultuous year in anyone’s book....

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Byram residents urge Selby MP to oppose wind farm plans

Residents re calling on MP John Grogan to change his mind and back legislation controlling the distance between homes and proposed wind turbines. More than 100 Byram residents living less than one mile from land earmarked for...

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Pandora: The Trudie Show gets ready for Copenhagen

As politicians, diplomats and scientists around the world prepare to decamp to Copenhagen for December's make-or-break United Nations climate change conference, it occurs to Pandora that one very important guest may have been...

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Wind farm is too close for comfort

Vale MP Peter Luff took the fight to prevent a windfarm being built in The Lenches to Parliament this week, saying it’s too close to Vale homes. On Tuesday, Mr Luff tabled his Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation)...

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MPs to examine pubco reforms

Committee invites comments on pub trade by November 18 The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee (BIS) has confirmed it is to host a new evidence hearing on the trade from industry organisations on December 8. Witnesses at...

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