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Green campaigners are aghast at the news that a fairly blunt climate-change sceptic has been appointed to the post of Environment Secretary in the latest ministerial reshuffle - but they are no doubt also somewhat consoled by the fact that in the British government this post has very little to do with matters of climate change …

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    1. Dave 15
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      Re: Great reshuffle

      Does depend on what the job actually is....

      Destroy the NHS so the plebs die out quickly and don't require looking after in old age. This means the tax on the rich can be lowered. Ensure that the plebs don't get 'above their station' and return them to the old fashioned slave / serfdom they managed to creep out of while our back was turned. Above all ensure that the environment is made available for us to drive huge cars, fly out personal jets and holiday on massive yachts by keeping the serfs out of our way paying us a premium for the free electricity

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  2. Steelhead

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    Maybe we should give him the following book to read:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured/dp/1408824833/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346844971&sr=1-1

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  3. Chris Miller
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    Paterson is an Oxford-educated public schoolboy

    Who went to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

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    1. Dave 15
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      Re: Paterson is an Oxford-educated public schoolboy

      Is he the one with the bdsm tendencies?

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      1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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        Re: Paterson is an Oxford-educated public schoolboy

        Perhaps you are confusing him with one of the other 300+ Oxford educated public schoolboys in the government ?

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        1. NomNomNom
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          Re: Paterson is an Oxford-educated public schoolboy

          you exaggerate!

          some of them are Cambridge-educated

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          1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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            Re: Paterson is an Oxford-educated public schoolboy

            Possibly a few went there - I would question "educated"

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  4. Badvok
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    New Environment Secretary is AGW sceptic.

    New Health Minister believes in Homeopathy.

    Is there a theme here?

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    1. NomNomNom
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      "New Health Minister believes in Homeopathy"

      please tell me you made that up

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      1. h4rm0ny
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        When I worked in the NHS I personally knew two GPs (and my sample size was small so undoubtedly there are many more) who believed in homeopathy. I am not joking.

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      2. Chris Miller
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        Sadly, NomNomNom

        It's true.

        All we need now is a creationist at education.

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        1. Michael Dunn
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          Re: Sadly, NomNomNom

          Yeah - get a creationist at education, and we could then have Dubya for prime minister.

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    2. Anonymous Coward
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      New health secretary is also keen to dismantle the NHS, to the extent of authoring books promoting this idea,

      Expect more fact-finding trips to the US (a "fact finding" trip is a trip to find the right facts).

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