As I understand it, the fluourescent bulbs are already being superceded by LED bulbs, which are on the Government's menu, as it were. These do not affect people with migraines or eye-related headaches.

They have given us our solution and now we must live with it—after all, according to the Blair doctrine, if it is what we are doing now then it is modern, and if it is modern then it is better.


I'm sorry, but I think you're wrong on this. It's nothing to do with a Blair doctrine, and everything to do with the fact that traditional lightbulb use means far higher carbon emissions. This policy isn't the result of some Blairite wonk trying to look cool; environmental groups have been campaigning on this issue for years.

I'm not dismissing the objections you make entirely, but I think you're being spectacularly one sided.