MALCOLM WICKS

摘要

It's cold comfort, but if the lights go out in this winter, at least we'll have someone to blame. That someone is Malcolm Wicks, the MP for Croydon North and minister for energy at the DTI: he's responsible for ensuring that we will have affordable and sustainable energy well into the future. Wicks, who became minister in May this year, could not have chosen more interesting times to take on this job. Britain's North Sea oil supplies are running down, her nuclear power stations are wearing out, energy consumption is increasing, fuel prices are soaring and last week Wicks had to admit - after a warning by the CBI - that if we are struck by a particular cold winter, fuel shortages could force businesses to shut down.