en-uk Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:37:29 GMT Copyright 2007 Times Newspapers Ltd. custserv@timesonline.co.uk http://www.timesonline.co.uk Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:13:52 GMT Newspapers 144 21 http://www.timesonline.co.uk http://images.thetimes.co.uk/TGD/picture/0,,116979,00.gif Daniel Finkelstein Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-19T05:35:16Z It was an astonishing result. Or at least it was to me. A poll conducted for The Times by Populus found that only 41 per cent of those questioned accepted as an established scientific fact that global warming is taking place and is largely man-made. Daniel Finkelstein Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-17T09:10:43Z I couldn’t wait. I had to find out the result. I knew we had another day of polling to go, but I rang up our polling guy anyway. And what he told me will help you to understand the destiny of today’s Queen’s Speech. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-12T07:38:17Z Back in the early 1980s a controversy arose over a television play about the Falklands conflict. The talented playwright Ian Curteis had included a number of scenes that showed Margaret Thatcher’s private anguish over the dead. The BBC insisted that he cut them, Curteis correctly resisted and, eventually, the play was not broadcast. Daniel Finkelstein Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-10T10:48:25Z Dear David, Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:00 GMT 2009-11-05T04:08:45Z There have been times when it has appeared as though the best professional to help you to understand Conservative European policy would be a psychiatrist. But right now? I’d consult a behavioural economist.