Topic: Chris Huhne
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Coming for Cameron? Poor showing in bellwether vote rattles Conservatives
The mood in Prime Minister Cameron's party is grim after it came an embarrassing third in the battle for a parliamentary seat in Eastleigh, a city the party sees as key to its fortunes in 2015.
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The Adam Smith Institute Blog Offshore wind farms: How much is renewable energy worth?
Britain unveils the world's largest windmill farm. The windmills cost five times more per megawatt generated than a gas-powered plant, but cost virtually nothing to maintain (in contrast to ongoing gas purchases). When will they pay themselves off? Are there less-quantifiable benefits to renewable energy?
10/04/2010 03:10 pm -
Eyeing BP oil spill, British question if North Sea oil firms also push bounds of safety
The BP oil spill has drawn attention to companies' safety records in the North Sea, where an oil rig explosion killed 167 men three decades ago. A coauthor of a report on that catastrophe says that practices have changed little since then.
06/11/2010 05:51 pm -
Terrorism & Security Britain boosts effort to keep out extremists
So-called "preachers of hate" will be required to prove their innocence before entering the country.
10/29/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Pilot wrongfully accused of 9/11 ties can seek damages from Britain
A British court ruled that the government destroyed Lotfi Raissi's career by imprisoning him for months on terror charges.
02/15/2008 12:00 am
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