Don't Fall for Green Gimmicks

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KEN Livingstone, the consummate political hack, has learned that just mentioning carbon emissions is enough to stifle criticism these days. What better way to create the mandate for any old restrictive policy and rubbish your opponents? The need for decent transport (rather than restrictions on transport), personal freedom (rather than increased monitoring) and more infrastructure (rather than repackaging existing infrastructure) is as important today as ever, but accepting an environmentalist agenda lets these fundamental issues go unchallenged.

Even your leader column has been suckered into claiming Ken "deserves credit" for his bid to make next month's contest a "green election".

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Don't Fall for Green Gimmicks

If only one prominent candidate could stand up for universal infrastructural improvements, non-discriminatory ...

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