In his response to my column on the Liberal Democrats’ policy on nuclear power, the party’s environment spokesman, Simon Hughes, takes me to task for my “polemical” approach. I can only apologise if my writing style offends. I had supposed that putting things bluntly might be the best way to communicate with politicians who put populism ahead of good sense.
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