Gradual and moderate warming brings benefits as well as incurring costs. These benefits and costs will not, of course, be felt uniformly throughout the world; the colder regions of the world will be more affected by the benefits, and the hotter regions by the costs.
Nigel LawsonIn Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have filled the vacuum of organised religion, with reasoned questioning of its mantras regarded as a form of blasphemy.
Nigel LawsonNot only is the Kyoto approach to global warming wrong-headed, the climate change establishment's suppression of dissent and criticism is little short of a scandal. The IPCC should be shut down.
Nigel LawsonHopelessly uneconomic on any substantial scale, since it requires a conventional power back-up for when the wind stops blowing, forests of wind turbines are rightly regarded in most countries as an environmental monstrosity.
Nigel LawsonIt is quite clear that history will record that Margaret Thatcher was the greatest Prime Minister this country has had since Churchill.
Nigel LawsonTo govern is to choose. To appear to be unable to choose is to appear to be unable to govern.
Nigel LawsonThe spread of personal ownership is in harmony with the deepest instincts of the British people. Few changes have done more to create one nation.
Nigel LawsonWe already have a sabbatical system. It's called opposition, and I've had enough of it.
Nigel LawsonI think that the ordinary bloke has an instinctive sense that it wouldn't be too bad if the weather warmed up.
Nigel LawsonI was frequently embarrassed by the way Margaret conducted herself within the European Community. Her tactics were counter-productive and damaging to the UK's interests. On most issues her approach was foolish. Her style and tone of voice came to irk the others so much that they instinctively sank their differences and joined forces against her.
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