Dinosaurs come out against Green Cameron

Neither Europe nor the dreaded Lisbon Treaty has so far scuppered David Cameron’s resurgent Tories, but perhaps his espousal of environmentalism will. The front page of the Independent reports on the re-emergence of Tory dinosaurs like Ann Widdecombe from the fertile and clement Thatcher Age, who are snapping at Cameron’s urgings, on the eve of the COP15 summit, to find an “effective, binding and fair deal to cut carbon emissions that includes all major economies". Also in the pages of the London daily, former shadow Home secretary David Davis believes a policy of tough targets to cut carbon emissions, which Mr Cameron supports, is "destined to collapse". "The ferocious determination to impose hair-shirt policies on the public - taxes on holiday flights, or covering our beautiful countryside with wind turbines…is bound to cause a reaction in any democratic country," he writes.