Ed....I think it's been the experience of life on earth that when we go too far to the Right or Left we fall over the edge and my view of politicians is less bleak I think than yours or Pocko's...I think most of them do their best.
Don't worry Pocko....of the 5,549,754 (approx) people who voted, only 1,135,627 voted for the SD and all the other parties stated that they would not negotiate with them; so the voters knew what they were getting...everyone could have voted for Jimmie if they wanted to.
Last week I tried several times to get a quote from Barclays without any luck...now I'm holding my horses until there's news...new elections are still a possibility.
"Local politicians as well as industry now see the future bright.
- Yes, definitely. Our picture is that the Green Party has created a political lock that has prevented the establishment process of the iron ore mine in Kallak. And in our perspective, it is very unfortunate, we need more jobs, says Social Democrat Councilor Robert Bernardsson , to Ekot.
- It is important that we get a government that can make decisions on mining issues. We can state that the Green Party and the Social Democrats have been in a government now and they have had difficulty in agreeing on mining issues, ”says Per Ahl , CEO of the mining industry association Swemin ,
I think we should stop chucking money at universities and start digging....there's a lot of geothermal energy down there, Cornwall would be a good place to start, thin crust.
I've just been reading about the methane produced by cud chewing animals; it is apparently a significant contributor to global warming....and methane is worse than Co2s.