It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums

The next four years, there won't be a week that goes by without a discussion of climate change. It's a naturally Conservative issue.

Onshore wind turbines are visually a very considerable intrusion on any landscape.

I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases.

For the first time perhaps since Margaret Thatcher, we will have at the head of the Conservative Party someone who is genuinely an equal match for Tony Blair.