News is dripping in that Peter Mandelson will return to the Cabinet for a third time. Des Browne has been replaced by John Hutton as Secretary of State for Defence. More updates to follow.
Update 1: The BBC is reporting that Geoff Hoon is to be moved from his position as Chief Whip to Transport Secretary. Margaret Beckett is also said to be returning to the govenrment
If the politics of climate change end up polarised, is that so bad? No – it’s disastrous. Or so I’ve long thought. Look at the US – where climate is even more polarised than abortion. Result: decades of flip flopping. Ambition under Clinton; reversal...
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