Sorry, I forgot to put this on the list:
The Skeptical Environmentalist. Bjorn Lomberg
It attempts to assess whether the scare stories put out by the 'environmentalists' hold water. Essential reading.
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Originally Posted by C_steam
My local library had overcrowded britain to be fair, and a number of blair critical books, i.e the rory bremner (and others) one whose name now escapes me.
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The latest edition is called:
You Are Here: An Updated Dossier, by Rory Bremner, John Bird, John Fortune and Geoff Atkinson.
It is good on:
* Tony's wars (gives estimated casualty figures)
* The way that New Labour operates (spin/targets/making up policy in response to media headlines/Tony Blair unable to define what he stands for/ reannouncing old policies)
* The British public transport fiasco (the bizarre and expensive way in which the railways are 'run'/ partial tube privatisation - £100million+ for 'advisors')
* Impact of supermarkets on British farmers
* Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Public-Private Partnership (PPP)