UK Climate Madness - 80% cuts by 2050

Gordon Brown and Kevin Rudd seem to have a lot in common, such as:

• they are both good ol' fashioned socialists, who believe in big government, taxing high and spending big,
• they will both be out on their ears at their respective next elections, and
  
• they have both bought one-way tickets on the Global Warming Express bound for Economic Oblivion City in order to "tackle climate change".
  

Astonishingly, given the present global financial situation, Gordon Brown (still hanging on as PM by the skin of his teeth) and his likely successor, Ed Milliband, have actually increased their emissions reduction target from 60% to a mind-boggling 80% by 2050.

"In tough economic times, some people will ask whether we should retreat from our climate change objectives," he said.

"In our view, it would be quite wrong to row back.

"And those who say we should misunderstand the relationship between the economic and the environmental tasks we face."

Read it here.