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MUDLOGGER on May 9, 2006 - 7:27am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
And here is the esteemed Malcolm's biog:

Malcolm Wicks has been a Member of Parliament in north Croydon since 1992, first representing Croydon North-West and since 1997 representing Croydon North.

Malcolm has lived in Croydon for over 30 years with his wife, Margaret, who works in the National Health Service.  His three children all attended local state schools and sixth form college.  He has served as a school governor and was a member of Croydon's Community Health Council.

Before becoming an MP, Malcolm worked in the Urban Deprivation Unit of the Home Office, was a lecturer and was Director of the Family Policy Studies Centre.  He has been the author and co-author of many publications, including a pioneering work on hypothermia, Old and Cold: hypothermia and social policy.

As you can see his scientific credentials are superb.

Glad he knows about hypothermia though. I think we are going to see a lot more of that on his watch.

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zceb90 on May 9, 2006 - 9:44am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
We also need to remember his speech in October 2005 when he said 'Britain is awash with gas'.  Just over 2 months later we had the Russia / Ukraine dispute which disrupted supplies to several EU nations and in March 2006 the (UK)national grid were forced to issue a 'gas balancing alert' which advised industrial customers to cutback demand or face likely disconnection.  The energy minister recently advised Parliament that 'he was only going by what Civil Servants told him at the time'.

If his advisers can't anticipate gas problems just 3 months ahead (when many on this forum could) how can we expect them to be competent at assessing oil supplies over the next 24 years?

Chris

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