Guardian: Political parties The origins of today's decision date back to May 2006 when the then prime minister, Tony Blair heavily influenced by chief scientist Sir David King said that Britain should rethink its energy policy to include nuclear. Until then it had been considered unnecessary and too expensive by Labour. Claiming wind and solar power had "technical" problems, Blair argued that climate change and energy security demanded nuclear. Research by Mori and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change...