Brown is SO not saving the world
Poor old Gordon. Like a huge clunking fist he ploughed on after his gaffe about ‘we not only saved the world…’ when he should have just admitted it was funny and moved on. Apparently it had Ed Miliband the Energy and Climate Change Secretary in stitches. I found that a bit of a shocker actually...
The Renewable Energy of High Ideals
This was a phrase used by the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, on Radio 4 this morning. He spoke optimistically about the beauties and wisdom of children – and how the twelve year-olds of today can help shape a better world by turning their backs on consumerism and moving away from selfish consumption. It is...
The Green Shoots of Recovery (Surely Not?)
Yesterday morning, we (Edelman) hosted an event that stared into the Crystal Ball to consider the business and economic outlook for 2009. Illustrious panellists included the Lib Dem’s Vince Cable; Jim O’Neill from Goldman Sachs (father of BRIC and described as the ‘rockstar of all Economists’); David Frost, Director General of the British Chambers of...
Dave’s Unsustainable Position
The much-trumpeted Tory Green Agenda is under threat in these Recessionary Times. One of the more irritating questions posed in recent weeks is whether the ‘whole Green thing’ will fall victim to the encroaching economic crisis and inevitable recession. There have been too many smug comments disguised as questions from those who have only ever...
The Ampere Strikes Back
What a great title for a post – I nicked it from the title of a new EST report ‘Ampere Strikes Back’ which reveals that the dawn of a new ‘ICE (Information, Communication, Entertainment) Age’ (as a proliferation of home entertainment equipment, such as DAB radios, flat screen TVs and laptops, across the UK) undermines...
Last One To Leave Won’t Need to Turn Out the Lights
According to the much promoted Fells energy report just out, the UK could have serious power shortages within 5 years. Professor Fells has said that our politicians have been asleep at the wheel of a slow-speed train-crash on energy policy for the last 20 years. He’s no doubt right – at least based on my...
