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**Chris** · 13-05-2010, 10:52

I'd agree with that. Labour's authoritarianism was my single biggest objection to their remaining in power. When it (momentarily) looked like we might get some sort of Lib-Lab stitch-up it really depressed me to think that we may not see the back of ID cards, excessive detention without charge, abuse of the DNA database, suppression of the right to protest and all the rest of it.

Second on my list is energy policy - there's a real opportunity here to make great big green strides forward. I would like to see them legislate to change the terms on which the national grid charges for connection and carriage of power from remote areas. As things stand, you can get a subsidy if you connect a wind turbine to the Grid in central London (where there is next to no wind) but it costs a fortune to do the same thing in the Highlands (where there is tonnes of it). This is one of the many niggles the SNP likes to agitate about and I'm all for something that would simultaneously promote green energy and shut Alex Salmond up.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,260	Re: Your top priorities for the new coalition I'd agree with that. Labour's authoritarianism was my single biggest objection to their remaining in power. When it (momentarily) looked like we might get some sort of Lib-Lab stitch-up it really depressed me to think that we may not see the back of ID cards, excessive detention without charge, abuse of the DNA database, suppression of the right to protest and all the rest of it. Second on my list is energy policy - there's a real opportunity here to make great big green strides forward. I would like to see them legislate to change the terms on which the national grid charges for connection and carriage of power from remote areas. As things stand, you can get a subsidy if you connect a wind turbine to the Grid in central London (where there is next to no wind) but it costs a fortune to do the same thing in the Highlands (where there is tonnes of it). This is one of the many niggles the SNP likes to agitate about and I'm all for something that would simultaneously promote green energy and shut Alex Salmond up.