That’s about the heart of the story here. More than £50m of World Food Programme aid to feed the starving has ended up in the hands of a London-listed commodities trader run by billionaires, despite a pledge by the United Nations agency to buy food from “very poor farmers”. Glencore International, which buys up supplies

I saw this in my feed reader from the Conservative Cornerstone Group… That little teaser sounds like the post could’ve been a chuckle, but it’s been removed for some reason. Maybe Edward Leigh realised he was talking bollox as usual.

Via qwghlm's twitter feed, here's a rough but serviceable translation of an eyewitness account of yesterday's disaster at the football in Port Said, from an Ahly fan: The moment the referee whistled to declare the ending of the game, the...

Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, has accused ministers of trying to hide job losses in the solar industry, after obtaining Government estimates showing that the cuts to the Feed-in Tariff could cause tens of thousands of job losses &# even though ministers originally claimed the plans could create 10,000 jobs.

Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said in response to the news that the Government has lost its appeal against a High Court ruling which found that cuts to solar tariff payments are legally flawed:

Caroline Flint MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to a Government statement on the cuts to the Feed-in Tariffs for solar, said:

As expected S&P last night downgraded the EFSF, the eurozone’s bailout fund, from AAA to AA . The move is likely to lead to higher borrowing costs for the fund which will feed through to higher rates on any loans it pays out, reducing its effectiveness.

Population growth is, of course, partly responsible, but so is growing affluence, which, especially in India and China, is increasing the demand for meat. It takes 8lb of grain in feed, for example, to produce 1lb of beef. This is one of those minor Americanisms that really irritates me. It is true that if you

Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, responding to the announcement that the Government will be appealing the High Court ruling which said that cuts to solar tariff payments are legally flawed, said:

Hudge decides government acted unlawfully because cuts to feed-in tariffs came into effect two weeks before consultation was completed