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Yes, government ministers are attracted to grand schemes on which they can look back and say they have made their mark. A grand scheme to irradiate the UK seems good to Tony as each is a memorial to his folly... oops governance. A whole load of windmills everywhere is too duffuse and unsatisfying.

But even taking such folie de grandeur into account, he is excessively pro-nuclear. And I wonder why ? He's not old enough to be taken in by the old 60's razzle-dazzle of "energy too cheap to meter". So this is counter to his upbringing.

I rather think it's all of a piece with the rest of his Government, he want's quick fixes and always looks to industry to provide them. He never looks at the cost/benefit analysis because that's too long term, he lives in the ever-present now of his next headline in the Daily Mail. Nuclear is expedient today and that's all that matters to him.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 10:27:50 AM EST
well said!

i think he is completely amoral, and beholden.

if windmills were more profitable for the big boys behind the curtain, then phony tony would be grimacing with earnest glee about their superior virtues.

as shills go, he is a master, unfortunately.

follow the money, tone, and stay nice with the blackmailers!

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Thu May 18th, 2006 at 11:02:22 AM EST
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