Not exact matches
Gerard Batten, Maidenhead Batten is taking on Theresa May in her Berkshire seat with
little chance of success
other than potentially attracting some
publicity.
«[Y] ou also just broke the store for everyone else; until your
little tantrum of «look at me»
publicity subsides, we all have to sit around wondering what
other titles are out there.
Choice 1: How much money do we want to spend today on reducing carbon dioxide emission without having a reasonable idea of: a) how much climate will change under business as usual, b) what the impacts of those changes will be, c) the cost of those impacts, d) how much it will cost to significantly change the future, e) whether that cost will exceed the benefits of reducing climate change, f) whether we can trust the scientists charged with developing answers to these questions, who have abandoned the ethic of telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but, with all the doubts, caveats, ifs, ands and buts; and who instead seek lots of
publicity by telling scary stories, making simplified dramatic statements and making
little mention of their doubts, g) whether
other countries will negate our efforts, h) the meaning of the word hubris, when we think we are wise enough to predict what society will need a half - century or more in the future?
This hasn't been a great month for Apple: bad
publicity for waging war on the
little guy and the art of self - repair with the Pentalobe screw, the unfortunate news that Steve Jobs» health has taken a bad turn, and now a report coming out of China that puts the company last in a list of 29 tech giants ranked for their responses on pollution and workers» rights, including occupational health hazards, at their suppliers» factories.The report, written by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs with a coalition of
other Chinese NGOs, says that behind the company's stylish image, «Apple products have a side that many do not know about — pollution and poison.
And they invariably want maximum
publicity focused upon the
other side's unacceptable behaviour, so confidentiality has
little attraction.
On the
other hand, his presidential order dealing with criminal offenders has had
little publicity, despite the riskiness of the fact that one does not even have to be convicted to be removable.