Nick Clegg

It translates in, pretty much, the exact same way - thanks to FPTP, it's pointless contesting certain seats. I think the Lib Dems are hoping to mop up support from disillusioned Conservative and Labour voters (especially before they go BNP); to be honest, it's as good a chance as they have had in a very long time to be the official opposition. I just hope they don't invest too much of their resources on long-shots

Certainly, but the idea that somebody should be targeted just because of lifestyle choices they had no control over? Moreso. The murder of a spouse or relative is disgusting, but the murder of somebody just because they're there at a certain place at a certain time, just because they choose to be honest and when they've done nothing to you?

liberalism is a belief that individuals should be free to live their lives so long as they do prevent others doing the same. unfortunately it seems many people are unable to accept this idea and feel a need to interfere. all those who believe in a persons freedom need to make a stand. It is so easy to express sorrow / regret afterwards and then not do anything to prevent a repetition!

Simon..Mud huts is the future..did ya know the word *window*comes from bronze age houses, they were built pear shaped, with a hole in the top, which they called a *windeye* Mud is a really good insulator..our main problem was the fire of London..before that, all houses were like in Scandanavia, and much warmer than stone or brick..Bloody industrialists!

For the past 30, standards of insulation to buildings in Scandanavia, have been a minimum of 15 cm of insulation, to all walls and roofs..To have similar results in the UK, To transform any house built before the present day, in the UK, means every room you have in your house, would have to be reduced in size all round, by up to 30 centimetres. You can imagine the cost of doing this, would eat a huge hole into most peoples life savings..especially those on low income..

It kind of makes most houses in the UK useless comodities., and not worth investment..House builders in the UK, are to blame, along with those bodies who have helped them build cold and substandard houses for the past generation.

I have a carpentry company in Sweden..My customers *taxpayers* recieve 4k, per person from the taxman, towards house refurbishments labour costs. In effect, customers pay half the labour costs *if they are a couple* up to 8k..Its to encourage people to offord legitimate companies to work on thier houses.... Read More

As a builder/carpenter, I know that any house I buy in the UK, would cost from 30 to 50k, to achieve the same standards here..Thier electrics are better, Plumbing, heating systems,material quality.
Also, the houses we are building now, are fed by a huge 300 mile long hot water pipe, which is heated using high tech burners, that are fueled with waste from the tip!
In the house there is just a pump and pressure system..no gas , and just a little electric to power the pump..This water then feeds all the underfloor heating, radiators, showers and sinks..

All electric cables are conduited into walls, and single core wiring is installed on a radial system..Having wires in conduits also makes rewiring very easy, for the life of the building.

Also, every bathroom in Scandanavia, is called a wetroom, and they are sealed before tiling with a latex matting, on all walls and floor..This makes bathrooms last a lifetime..
Windows are eco, and better technology too..I would bann the use of PVC framed windows, when Pine is much better, and again, lasts a lifetime..I was re installing windows into a building from the 60#s last year..the windows, tripple glazed, were perfect for another 40 years!

with PVC windows, they are no good after 15 years, and you would probably need to spend another 10 grand for new ones, making each familly have to buy windows, at least twice in thier lives..much the same with bathrooms..

Swedish builders who i have spoken to , who have worked in the UK building trade, think its a joke, in all trades..They are very right! I was a carpenter for 20 years in the UK, and it sux.

Explain this Nick: 10,000 years ago much of the planet was ice:
Then there really was Global Warming ..... until .....
1,000 years ago when Greenland was just that ..... green land:
It's icy now, which means it was a hell of a lot hotter then than now ....
and there was no industry making CO2.... Read More
Have a look at this ... so much proof on one page
http://www.middlebury.net/op-ed/global-warming-01.html