Norman Baker Quotes (8 Quotes)

I am disappointed that Lord Birt did not find a job elsewhere, because he will continue to give his third-rate and amateurish advice to the prime minister. Why could he not be appointed governor of the Falkland Islands.

It is all very well for the government to trumpet the merits of technology in reducing carbon emissions, but it simply isn't enough we need robust, measurable targets, not just vague aspirations.

Rather than increasing fuel costs to pay for nuclear the government should be investing in renewable energy.

Thirty years ago, on a lark, my dad took a seed from a grapefruit and planted it. I remember seeing it, a little twig sticking out of the ground. Amazingly, it grew. It's tall and huge now. It's turned into a monster.

This decision today places another stake at the heart of John Prescott's plan for a massive expansion of house building in the South East, which has taken almost no account of water supply needs.

The arrival of this spy center means that Big Brother is finally here. The balance between the state and individual privacy has swung too far in favor of the state.

The suspicion must be that Tony Blair has already decided to advocate an increase in the use of nuclear power - this review will serve little purpose if the prime minister has already made up his mind.

Matters were drifting. There was a need to take action.