But no mention by anyone I have heard yet that this is LibDem policy been stolen by Mandy. BBC have no comment from us at all. Where are our Business Team? What are they doing?

Chris Davies' description of how the Council of Ministers made his year of effort to secure funding for CCS all worthwhile. Inspirational stuff!

This is so much fun!

A major report by George Monbiot on Peak Oil. Watch the video - a brilliant expose of the arm waving that lies behind most of the establishment "studies" on future oil supply. This is an issue the Liberal Democrats need to make central to its energy and hence economic policies.

JG on top form

Could this save the green movement?

I can't believe I hadn't heard of this before today.

Iain Dale reviews how Lynne Featherstone and David Lammy have handled the Baby P tragedy

Good piece in Guardian Environment - demolishes the The 10 big energy myths: There has never been a more important time to invest in green technologies, yet many of us believe these efforts are doomed to failure. What nonsense, writes Chris Goodall

Alarmed by rising house prices and personal debt, Vince Cable saw the recession coming long before his political opponents - and it turned out he had the solutions, too. So where does the Lib Dems' economics expert think we go from here?