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We subsidise wind and peat power, which reduce and increase carbon emissions – the situation is complicated, writes SARAH CAREY

HERE’S THE problem with Brian Lenihan: he’s too damn good at softening us up. The moral authority of the Government resides entirely in him, and so his huge personal popularity stands in the way of a general election. Now and then I realise we desperately need a general election, because it’s the only way to reverse some of the truly mad and blatantly contradictory policies this Government is pursuing.