Tag Archives: Earthquake

Nuclear power

Lord Soley 14/03/2011 – 3:47 pm

The tragic events in Japan reveal a remarkably stoic people who are much closer to dramatic natural disasters then I hope we shall ever be but I hope the nuclear issue does not lead to another attempt to stop the development of nuclear power in the UK. If we had a smaller world population it might be possible to provide the standard of living people expect without the use of nuclear but in my […]

China

Lord Soley 15/05/2008 – 10:53 pm

When there was trouble in Tibet China stopped the worlds media from seeing what was happening. They paid a high price and eventually ended up in some form of talks with the Dalai Lama - although I am not wildly optimistic about the outcome. Then the earthquake strikes and China opens up to the world in a way that they were previously very reluctant to do. Media coverage is dangerous for the gover […]