Decisions, Decisions

The Vicar of Downing Street is bustling about the business of saving the world. Now that Germany is about to take over the presidency of the G8, his reverence will be informing the chancellor, Angela Merkel, of her duties as regards ensuring that his legacy includes a safe, clean planet for his successors to spy on. Last year, Merkel "announced a scheme to convert older houses into energy-efficient homes to meet emission targets without building more nuclear power stations", which clearly indicates a need for Tony's advice. A world without nuclear power stations is, for Tony, a world virtually without hope of redemption.

His reverence will also be giving Merkel her marching orders over such matters as "Afghanistan, the Middle East, Darfur and Iran's nuclear programme". Meanwhile, in an intriguing article, the Guardian suggests that Britain's share of the US nuclear programme will cost about as much to maintain as it would cost to reduce our carbon emissions by a fairly significant chunk. Well, here's a conundrum and no mistake. Given the choice between cleaning up our act and "deterring" a hypothetical enemy, how will Tony and the Prince in Waiting decide to spend seventy-six thousand million pounds of our tax money? Oh, the suspense.