The UK Cabinet 2005-06: Nuclear Views - Revision history

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 ==The Pro-Nuclear Cabinet==
-The Cabinet is seen as pro-nuclear. In a study undertaken by ''The Times'' newspaper, of the 22 Cabinet members in November 2005, some 19 were seen as broadly favourable with only Margaret Beckett; Peter Hain and Patricia Hewitt as undecided. {{ref|TheTimes}}. ''The Times'' gave three stars if Cabinet members were "Committed" to nuclear power; two if  they were "For" it and one if they were "Wary". The results were as follows:
+The UK Cabinet in 2005-06 was considered pro-nuclear. In a study undertaken by ''The Times'' newspaper, of the 22 Cabinet members in November 2005, some 19 were seen as broadly favourable with only Margaret Beckett; Peter Hain and Patricia Hewitt as undecided. {{ref|TheTimes}}. ''The Times'' gave three stars if Cabinet members were "Committed" to nuclear power; two if  they were "For" it and one if they were "Wary". The results were as follows:
 *[[Tony Blair]] *** Believes all arguments point to nuclear power as answer to security of energy supply and lower carbon emissions

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 The Cabinet is seen as pro-nuclear. In a study undertaken by ''The Times'' newspaper, of the 22 Cabinet members in November 2005, some 19 were seen as broadly favourable with only Margaret Beckett; Peter Hain and Patricia Hewitt as undecided. {{ref|TheTimes}}. ''The Times'' gave three stars if Cabinet members were "Committed" to nuclear power; two if  they were "For" it and one if they were "Wary". The results were as follows:
-*[[Tony Blair]] ***
+*[[Tony Blair]] *** Believes all arguments point to nuclear power as answer to security of energy supply and lower carbon emissions
-Believes all arguments point to nuclear power as answer to security of energy supply and lower carbon emissions
+*[[John Prescott]] (Deputy Prime Minister) ** Takes pragmatic view and believes energy gap must be met
-*[[John Prescott]] (Deputy Prime Minister) **
+*GORDON BROWN (Chancellor) ** Believes potential longterm benefits outweigh costs but keen to seek consensus with green lobby
-Takes pragmatic view and believes energy gap must be met
+*JACK STRAW (Foreign Secretary) ** Provided the Government's review makes a realistic case, he is likely to back it
-GORDON BROWN (Chancellor) **
+*MARGARET BECKETT (Environment Secretary) * Persuadable. Important departmental voice on environmental side
-Believes potential longterm benefits outweigh costs but keen to seek consensus with green lobby
+*ALISTAIR DARLING (Transport Secretary) ** Practical minister likely to support nuclear power if the case is made
 JOHN REID (Defence Secretary) **
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 Very interested in environmental issues but pragmatic in terms of national energy supply
-PETER HAIN (Northern Ireland Secretary) *
+*[[Peter Hain]] (Northern Ireland Secretary) * Not opposed outright but chief concern is long-term cost (but see below)
 IAN MCCARTNEY (Minister without Portfolio, Labour Party chairman) **

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 ==The Pro-Nuclear Cabinet==
-The Cabinet is seen as pro-nuclear. In a study undertaken by ''The Times'' newspaper, of the 22 Cabinet members in November 2005 (before the latest reshuffle), some 19 were seen as broadly favourable with only Margaret Beckett; Peter Hain and Patricia Hewitt as undecided. {{ref|TheTimes}}. ''The Times'' gave three stars if Cabinet members were "Committed" to nuclear power; two if  they were "For" it and one if they were "Wary". The results were as follows:
+The Cabinet is seen as pro-nuclear. In a study undertaken by ''The Times'' newspaper, of the 22 Cabinet members in November 2005, some 19 were seen as broadly favourable with only Margaret Beckett; Peter Hain and Patricia Hewitt as undecided. {{ref|TheTimes}}. ''The Times'' gave three stars if Cabinet members were "Committed" to nuclear power; two if  they were "For" it and one if they were "Wary". The results were as follows:
 *[[Tony Blair]] ***

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	* {{note\|herald}} Catherine Macleod and Douglas Fraser, [http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/62237-print.shtml "Brown Set to Back Blair on Nuclear Power Plans"], ''The Herald'', May 19, 2006.		* {{note\|herald}} Catherine Macleod and Douglas Fraser, [http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/62237-print.shtml "Brown Set to Back Blair on Nuclear Power Plans"], ''The Herald'', May 19, 2006.

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 Later that month, on the 28 March, Alistair Darling addressed the Scottish Renewables Forum in Glasgow. He made a hard-hitting attack on the Liberal Democrats' energy policy and vilified Sir Menzies Campbell's decision to rely on wind, wave and tidal power.
-Darling said: "[The LibDems' policy] is an excuse not to face up to some tough decisions. We will need to look at all possible sources of generation, including nuclear energy. There is not going to be one solution which meets all our demands." Darling argued that renewables will never meet the country's energy requirements. {{ref|ming}}
+Darling said: "[The LibDems' policy] is an excuse not to face up to some tough decisions. We will need to look at all possible sources of generation, including nuclear energy. There is not going to be one solution which meets all our demands." Darling argued that renewables will never meet the country's energy requirements. {{ref|ming}} Darling was made Secretary of State for Trade & Industry in the recent reshuffle, and is now nominally responsible for the energy review.
 == Clearing One Obstacle for Nuclear ==

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 * {{note|guardian}} Patrick Wintour,  [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,,1777264,00.html "Cabinet Split Over Cost of Nuclear Energy"], ''The Guardian'', May 18, 2006.
 * {{note|tel}} George Jones, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/05/18/nuke18.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/05/18/ixuknewsnew.html "Prime Minister Faces Bitter Fight Over his Support for Nuclear Option"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', May 18, 2006.
-* {{note|herald} Catherine Macleod and Douglas Fraser, [http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/62237-print.shtml "Brown Set to Back Blair on Nuclear Power Plans"], ''The Herald'', May 19, 2006.
+* {{note|herald}} Catherine Macleod and Douglas Fraser, [http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/62237-print.shtml "Brown Set to Back Blair on Nuclear Power Plans"], ''The Herald'', May 19, 2006.
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