August 2010
Telegraph forced to retract lies and smears about climate scientist
The Telegraph story about IPCC chief, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, is the latest to be completely debunked - having been quietly retracted by the newspaper.
Major battle looms over plans to explore for ‘extreme oil’
Following the catastrophic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a major battle is now looming over fresh plans by oil companies to try and explore for and access so-called ‘extreme oil’.
Why has John Rentoul got it in for Left Foot Forward?
Indy hack John Rentoul has today called Left Foot Forward "whining" Ed Miliband supporters in his latest hatchet job on the Labour leadership candidate.
Obama’s Afghan withdrawal timetable is a morale boost for our enemies
President Obama's timetabling of the forthcoming withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has been described as playing into the hands of the Taliban. Retiring US Marine General James Conway yesterday acknowledged that the July 2011 timeframe had given fighters a ‘morale boost’.
Labour leader battle enters final phase
With one week to go before Labour Party members and affiliates receive their ballot papers, all is still to play for before the new leader is announced on September 25.
Coalition should pause before taking an axe to drug treatment budget
Given the fiscal situation, the coalition is right to look for savings from this billion-pound drug budget - indeed many inside the Labour Government felt that, while we had been right to expand this budget a decade ago, we should have found more savings in this area ourselves during our last year.