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We've had U-turn on global warming: now let's have one on fuel tax, Gordon Surprise, surprise. After months of threatening us with environmental Armageddon, scientists are now saying global warming may be put on hold for ten years. Gordon Brown's U-turn technique has even spread to the science lobby. It must be time no

'Economic pioneer' would oppose the council tax Adam Smith's classic Wealth of Nations certainly has something to teach us about taxation (Letters, 29 April). But he did not advocate taxes on spending. He saw them as unfair for the same reasons Ellis Thorpe approves of them: consumpti

Ethics and religion Calum MacKellar (Letters, 8 May) is quite right to say that Christians should "be able to speak on behalf of non-religious organisations". However, the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics, of which he is research director, rarely seem

Alexander 'wrong' on referendum bill timetable Wendy Alexander is wrong to say that a bill – such as an independence referendum bill – takes nine to 18 months to go through Holyrood (your report, 5 May). The Scottish Parliament passed the abolition of bridge tolls in less than four month

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