FIGHT WAR NOT WARS

In 1901 the young Liberal politician David Lloyd George bravely called an anti war meeting.

He stood up alone against a braying mob to denounce an unfair war being waged against the Boers.

 He always disliked the trampling underfoot of the underdog.

But the crowd, alive with jingoistic fervour were having none of it.   They felt that he was being unpatriotic and a riot ensued. He escaped in the nick of time in disguise.

War is never the way.  Peace is the true path to prosperity. The wealthy and neutral Switzerland   so aptly demonstrates this fact.

 Before the war on Iraq every single Lib Dem M.P. voted against the invasion while many Labour and Tory M.P.`s voted in favour.

Now Iraq is contaminated with depleted uranium giving rise to birth defects, and many lives have been lost on both sides; a terrible legacy.

Wooing the Tiger Economy

READERS may remember the recent visit by the Chinese Prime Minister when he appeared on television looking thunderously angry.
He delivered a curt and scathing speech about Britain’s arrogance on world affairs.
He had come to discuss trade and commerce with our Prime Minister.
David Cameron foolishly ruined this golden business opportunity to improve our finances by giving the weary traveller a lecture on Chinese human rights policy. This was the acme of poor judgement.
He should have put his youthful idealism aside and concentrated on wooing the wealthy growing tiger economy.
Great Britain is in no position to adopt the moral high ground anyway after kettling student protesters for hours. It was ludicrous to insult the Chinese Prime Minister on his trade visit. As a result of this dreadful miscalculation China pointedly gave a huge trade deal to Germany instead of to the UK.
David Cameron needs to try and make amends for his faux pas as the emerging economies are in the Far East and our country is no longer a great imperial force on the world stage. China deserves praise for its fabulous achievements rather than derogatory remarks. It is a model of organisation to be copied rather than criticised.
SUSAN THOMAS Magdalen Road Oxford

We Need Coal Power Stations :When Coal was king

During the freezing cold spell in January 2009 an alien encounter occurred at Conisholme Wind Farm. Witnesses reported seeing strange lights hovering above the wind farm. It seemed that a fleet of UFOs were coming to invade our peaceful planet!!! The next day a broken turbine blade was found on the ground and another was bent at a strange angle. Did  invading aliens come to inspect the innovative technology??
A more prosaic explanation is that the freezing anti cyclone caused a gear box malfunction. There is no wind in an anticyclone and the blades were covered in ice. Turbines will not supply energy in cold weather so let us hope that global warming is real as we shall all freeze to death otherwise!! It seems that wind turbines are not so renewable after all and their component parts such as gearboxes and blades often need replacing. The ugly pylons  needed for wind farms will blight the countryside. All the concomitant infrastructure will wreak a trail of destruction in its wake. 
 Lord Mayor Ioan Richard is right to be concerned about their proliferation
 In Hawaii there lies an abandoned wind farm in Kamoa. The tax payer subsidies ran out and the wind farm soon fell into ruin. There are many such abandoned follies world wide. The fact is that these turbines soak up large amounts of cash to keep functioning and run at a financial loss. Many wind farms are subsidised by EU funds. If you are lucky enough to own a large swathe of land like  Sir Reginald Sheffield then you may earn a tidy sum of money in return for a wind farm For the rest of us wind farms are not economical and are a financial drain. During the recent freezing Winters there was little wind due to a freezing anti cyclone. People would have frozen to death were it not for the Drax coal fired power station working flat out to supply energy.
 Yet that Green party lunatic, Caroline Lucas wishes to have all our precious heat generating coal fired power stations shut down. Indeed when she was an MEP she instigated a Directive to close most of our nine  coal fired power stations. This is known as the Large Combustion Plant Directive. We will soon be freezing and suffering blackouts thanks to the Green Party. That is why potentially dangerous nuclear power is the trendy new zeitgeist as its needed to fill a looming energy gap . When Coal was king in the Edwardian era  we were the richest nation in the world!!  

UFO alien encounter at Conisholme Wind Farm

During the freezing cold spell in January 2009 an alien encounter  occurred at Conisholme Wind Farm. Witnesses reported seeing strange lights hovering above the wind farm. It seemed that a fleet of UFOs were coming to invade our peaceful planet!!!The next day a broken turbine blade was found on the ground and another was bent at a strange angle.
Did aliens come to inspect the innovative technology?? A more prosaic explanation is that the freezing anti cyclone caused a gear box malfunction. There is no wind in an anticyclone and the blades were covered in ice.Turbines will not supply energy in cold weather so let us hope that global warming is real as we shall all freeze to death otherwise!!

Drawbacks of Turbines ;Ioan Richard Agrees

It seems that wind turbines are not so renewable after all and their component parts such as gearboxes and blades often need replacing. Their  ugly pylons  will blight the countryside and all the concomitant infrastructure will wreak a trail of destruction in its wake.  Lord mayor Ioan Richard is right to be concerned about their proliferation
In Hawaii there lies an abandoned wind farm in Kamoa. The tax payer subsidies ran out and the wind farm soon fell into ruin. Thee are many such abandoned follies world wide. The fact is that these turbines soak up large amounts of cash to keep functioning and run at a financial loss.Many wind farms are subsidised by EU funds. If you are lucky enough to own a large swathe of land like Reginald Sheffield then you may earn a tidy sum of money iin return for a wind farm
 For the rest of us wind farms are not economical and are a financial drain. During the recent freezing Winters there was little wind due to a freezing anti cyclone. People would have frozen to death were it not for the Drax coal fired power station. Yet that Green party lunatic, Caroline Lucas wishes to havev all our precious heat generating coal fired power stations shut down. Indeed when she was an MEP she instigated a Directive to close most of our nine  coal fired power stations. This is known as the Large Combustion Plant Directive. We wqill soon be freezing and suffering blackouts thanks to the Green Party. Not to mention half blind with the low wattage mercury laden  light bulbs which was also Lucas` idea

Cameron and tjhe Tiger

Sir

readers may remember the recent visit by the Chinese Prime Minister when he appeared on television looking thunderously angry. He delivered a curt and scathing speech about Britain`s arrogance on world affairs.

  He had come to discuss trade and commerce with our Prime Minister.

David Cameron  foolishly ruined this golden business opportunity to improve our finances by giving the weary traveller a lecture on Chinese human rights policy. This was the acme of poor judgement.

He should have put his youthful idealism aside and concentated on wooing the wealthy growing tiger economy. 

Great Britain  is in no position to adopt the moral high ground anyway after kettling student protesters for hours. It was ludicrous to insult the Chinese Prime Minister on his  trade visit. As a result of this dreadful miscalculation China pointedly gave a huge trade deal to Germany instead of to the U.K.

David Cameron needs to try and make amends for his faux pas  as the emerging economies are in the Far East and our country is no longer a great imperial force on the world stage. China deserves praise for its fabulous achievements rather than derogatory remarks. It is a model of organisation to be copied rather than criticised.

 

SUSAN THOMAS
OXFORD

David Cameron insults the Chinese Prime Minister and the Tiger Economy

 

 

Sir

readers may remember the recent visit by the Chinese Prime Minister when he appeared on television looking thunderously angry. He delivered a curt and scathing speech about Britain`s arrogance on world affairs.

  He had come to discuss trade and commerce with our Prime Minister.

David Cameron  foolishly ruined this golden business opportunity to improve our finances by giving the weary traveller a lecture on Chinese human rights policy. This was the acme of poor judgement.

He should have put his youthful idealism aside and concentated on wooing the wealthy growing tiger economy. 

Great Britain  is in no position to adopt the moral high ground anyway after kettling student protesters for hours. It was ludicrous to insult the Chinese Prime Minister on his  trade visit. As a result of this dreadful miscalculation China pointedly gave a huge trade deal to Germany instead of to the U.K.

David Cameron needs to try and make amends for his faux pas  as the emerging economies are in the Far East and our country is no longer a great imperial force on the world stage. China deserves praise for its fabulous achievements rather than derogatory remarks. It is a model of organisation to be copied rather than criticised.