Promising green speech from Blair?

Friends of the Earth has responded to PM Tony Blair's speech on the environment by welcoming his call for a closer partnership between Government and green organisations. But Friends of the Earth Executive Director, Charles Secrett warned that "it takes two to tango", and that New Labour must show that the environment is now finally "at the heart of Government" with radical green manifesto pledges for a second term.

However Blair claimed to be "neither pro nor anti" GM food. This is false. No 10 and the Cabinet Office have intervened repeatedly during the GM debate to support the biotech industry. Friends of the Earth has caught the Government breaking the law in favour of the industry on three separate occasions.