• Cameron gives top environment policy job to oil man ahead of major climate talks
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[QUOTE]Environmentalists have criticised a decision to appoint a former consultant to major oil and gas companies as David Cameron’s key adviser on energy and environment policy. Stephen Heidari-Robinson, a little-known consultant from oilfield services company Schlumberger, arrives in Downing Street just months before the prime minister is expected to attend the UN’s global climate change summit which begins in Paris in December. A Number 10 spokesman confirmed the appointment of Heidari-Robinson, who started in the job this week. It is understood he will serve as a lead energy and environment adviser to the prime minister, liaising with senior ministers and officials across Whitehall. He joins Cameron’s top team from Schlumberger’s London-based consulting division where he advised companies including BP, Shell and Chevron and co-authored a paper critical of the tax regime on North Sea oil and gas production. This is not the first time Cameron has drawn criticism over appointing a climate change adviser from the energy sector. Heidari-Robinson’s predecessor, Tara Singh, was previously a lobbyist for British Gas owner and fracking investor Centrica. Singh left Downing Street in April after two years in the job.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/17/cameron-gives-top-environment-policy-job-to-oil-man-ahead-of-major-climate-talks?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco[/url]
yeah, no surprises, he has a habit of giving the wrong job to the wrong people
[QUOTE=Antlerp;48718007]yeah, no surprises, he has a habit of giving the wrong job to the wrong people[/QUOTE] I wish Cameron alongside the rest of the Conservatives would all die suddenly before they do anymore damage with their incompetence.
[QUOTE=GordonZombie;48718078]I wish Cameron alongside the rest of the Conservatives would all die suddenly before they do anymore damage with their incompetence.[/QUOTE] The story about Michael Gove injuring his foot then going to a minor injuries unit was pretty funny - had the Tories not been in power it would have remained a proper A&E unit and would have been able to have radiographers available over the weekend. Then he complained to the papers about it, ignoring the fact it was blatantly due to his parties policies.
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