Nuclear is go

Now I'm not 100 per cent opposed to nuclear power, but I do object to the idea that local objections to new power plants can be overriden "under new planning rules" (see here). Once again the government is showing its disdain for opposing points of view by changing the rules to suppress legitimate process.

I came across a fantastic quote from Last of the Mohicans, written in 1826. In it, the principal antagonist Magua wins over his people with an argument that's full of spin, bluster and very little substance, designed to be interpreted in different ways by different people in the group so that they all fall into line (sound familiar?). The author, James Fenmore Cooper, says the following: "The orator, or politician, who can produce such a state of things, is commonly popular with his contemporaries, however he may be treated by posterity."

Tony Blair would do well to read this passage, stop acting like a Dictator-For-Life and start behaving like a person worthy of the title Prime Minister. If he's truly obsessed with his place in history, he'll probably spend most of his retirement having to defend himself against all the charges that will come out in the fullness of time.

[Listening to: Calling America - Electric Light Orchestra - (03:27)]