Tuesday, 26 July 2011 10:25 'Chris Huhne tends to reach reflexively for Nazi metaphors when confronted with dissenting opinions. When the Conservatives left the EPP, he asserted that William Hague had been “touring the beer cellars of central Europe” for allies. During the AV referendum, he likened supporters of the established electoral method to Goebbels. Now he says that people who disagree with him about weather patterns are like the Munich appeasers. The Energy Secretary doesn’t allow the possibility that there might be two honestly-held views on how to respond to climate change. As far as he’s concerned, this is a straightforward goodies-and-baddies issue. Accordingly, he has ordered an inquiry into lobbying by fossil fuel companies in advance of last month’s vote by MEPs on emissions targets.' Read more: Climate change, fake charities, Nazis and Chris Huhne
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
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