Peter Stanford

3 days ago | theguardian.com | Peter Stanford

The election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio as pope in March 2013 was unexpected, even to the then cardinal archbishop of Buenos Aires himself. He may have come a distant second in the previous papal conclave in 2005, but at 76 and, following the resignation on the grounds of old age of the candidate who had come first back then, the 85-year-old Benedict XVI – Bergoglio was convinced that a younger man was needed.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Peter Stanford

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3 weeks ago | msn.com | Peter Stanford

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3 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Peter Stanford

Reform UK, riding high in the polls, is calling for an end to net zero altogether, blaming it for high energy bills and deindustrialisation. According to deputy leader Richard Tice, the current push towards renewable energy is a "massive con". "I understand why people are angry," says Pinchbeck, who was head of Energy UK, the trade body of the big energy companies, before she joined the CCC last November.

4 weeks ago | thetablet.co.uk | Peter Stanford

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