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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\/t Ian Magness<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They really do live in Cloud-Cuckoo Land, don\u2019t they!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Telegraph today:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Britain will hit the target of installing 600,000 new heat pumps each year, the energy efficiency minister Lord Callanan has insisted today, as the Government announced a boost to the 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