“The warning fax was preceded by phone calls to three members of the Ministry of Defence’s staff but no one, it transpires, can recall these conversations. Is this cock-up or conspiracy?”
John Nichol, a veteran of the first Gulf war, on claims that the UK government was told that giving service personnel anthrax and whooping cough vaccines simultaneously might cause health problems (The Guardian, London, 13 July)
“If your goal is to maximise the amount of corporate development of our national forests, this is a great plan. If your goal is to protect clean drinking water and wildlife, it’s an awful plan.”…
