Wind Farms

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It’s not often that I agree with the things that former Deputy Prime Minister John ‘Two Jags’ Prescott has to say, but his comments at the annual conference of the British Wind Energy Association is spot on in my view.

He said, ‘It is absolutely scandalous that three-quarters of planning applications for onshore wind turbines are turned down. We cannot let the vocal minority stop our move to a low-carbon economy.’ He went on to call for local authorities to be required to assign suitable sites in their areas for wind farms.

The problem, as he rightly pointed out, is that there are too many ‘not in my back yard’ folk, that block planning applications for wind farms.

Wind farms can be seen all over Europe and have become part of the scenery in many places around the world. Certainly, one has to agree that their appearance can alter the appearance of a particular scene but then so did houses and other buildings over the centuries.

If we are to do something about reducing our carbon emissions then wind farms would seem to be at least one way forward and, instead of bitching about them, they ought to be encouraged.
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Different Planet?

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You wonder sometimes what planet our politicians live on.

‘Prezza’ Prescott has told radio listeners that ‘Bronco’ Brown is a ‘global giant’ who can win the next election.

Any questions?
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No Shrinking Violet?

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Harriet Harman is the Leader of the House of Commons and seems to be doing her bit for the country while my friend ‘Bronco’ Brown is on his holidays.

Among other things she feels that men ‘cannot be left to run things on their own’. Even the former Deputy Prime Minister, ‘Jumbo’ Prescott, reacted to this and said she should ‘stop complaining and get campaigning’ after she suggested Labour should never again have a men-only leadership team.

Ms Harman has now announced that she is no ‘shrinking violet’. Yeah, right!
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‘... With Extra Pepperoni!’

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John Prescott has apparently complained that the News of The World paid private investigators to tap his mobile phone. According to one paper this morning, it is also alleged that the newspaper has had to pay up to a million pounds in out-of court settlements to others whose phones were proved to be tapped.

It is, of course, a disgrace that any newspaper or other body should tap the telephones of those in the public eye or anyone else come to that.

But it is a mystery to me that if the newspaper is found to have tapped John Prescott’s phone, why they should be the slightest bit interested in his takeaway orders!
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