BUT, BUT, BUT.... LIBERALS CAN'T BE IMPERIALISTS.....

Britain opens way for new climate deal (Juliette Jowit, November 20, 2005, The Observer)

Britain is to open the door for other nations to abandon setting compulsory targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions: the principle at the heart of the Kyoto agreement to tackle climate change.

Margaret Beckett, the Environment Secretary, has told The Observer she is prepared to accept voluntary targets - a move hinted at this autumn by Tony Blair. [...]

She said it would be impossible to achieve consensus on compulsory targets. She likened developed countries which insist that such targets be agreed by poorer developing nations to new imperialists.