Sort it out Labour

A 60 per cent reduction by 2050 is never going to be enough, but at least it's a start. Yet this Labour government is determined to undermine its efforts before it begins. George Monbiot reveals how two government departments - Transport and Communities and Local Government - are already undermining efforts to cut carbon consumption before they've begun. I'm not surprised to see Ruth Kelly at the heart of this - incompetence is her middle name (remember how her department overturned a planning decision made by Colchester Borough Council to stop houses being built on boggy ground near the river in town).

For full details, click here. But don't despair, because Blair will be out by the end of the year, with either Gordon or David waiting to take this country forward. On second thoughts, where's Corporal Jones when you need him?