Gaia's Stern report
Here we go. Still more doom and gloom about what's in store for us if we don't appease the gruesome greens and ratify the Kyoto Protocol. This time it's in the form of some bloody great tome by a bloke called Sir Nicholas Stern.
Really, why all this concern for future generations? What have they ever done for us? Ungrateful little bastards (to be).
Still, the report's author Sir Nick has got a memorably apt surname: Stern. Stern in name and stern in for Nature!
Re that: What is it with these high profile Poms and their monikers? A couple of others come to mind: John Scarlett, who was involved in the Hutton Inquiry and now heads the SIS (which was previously run by Sir Richard Dearlove); and Heather Mills' lawyer Anthony Julius. Makes you wonder if having a ridiculously fruity surname is some kind of prerequisite for success there ...
