On this day, April 27 –
The Ecology Party (briefly “People” in 1975) had fought some by-elections, and now, ahead of the 1979 General Election, was on the idiot box…
April 27, 1979 – Ecology Party first TV broadcast ahead
Thirty nine years ago, all the warm platitudes about “sustainable development” and “North-South partnership” got their final big run.
April 27, 1987 – “Our Common Future” released.
Nineteen years ago today a controversial “coal is filthy” campaign by a natural gas provider ended.
April 27, 2007 – Coal-bashing campaign by gas company ends
Sixteen years ago today, a dickhead Australian prime minister sealed his fate by showing that all his fine words about climate as a “great moral challenge” were empty PR. Turd.
April 27, 2010 – Rudd says no CPRS until 2012 at earliest. Seals fate – All Our Yesterdays