Efforts should be focused instead on cooperation to deal with immediate problems: eurozone architecture and border security.
Friends of the Earth, the green charity, said it was a cynical move for the government to grab headlines with the eyecatching promise to ban new diesel cars in future, when there is little in the plan to deal with immediate problems.
Bans born from crises such as the massive flooding and landslides in Thailand, tend to be incremental, action-oriented steps to deal with immediate problems.
Their approach to the patient was to deal with immediate problems only, rather than the usual holistic approach, as described by one GP: basically you've got to decide whether this chap is safe.
Rules should not stand in the way of players' overall enjoyment of the game, but they should restrict what the player can and can't do to force the player to adopt creative approaches to deal with immediate problems and long-term strategies to reach their ultimate goal of victory.
The problem may be compounded by the fact that doctors are trained to deal with immediate medical problems that have specific solutions, like a pill to lower blood pressure or emergency treatment for a heart attack.
The Mugabe government dealt with immediate labour problems, such as strikes for a higher minimum wage, on a case-by-case basis rather than institute a thorough revision of the basic Industrial Conciliation Act of 1959.
Government policies such as water-saving technologies, skill training, and floating nurseries were introduced by tobacco companies in some villager groups, which helped farmers to deal with immediate drought problems.
But the south-eastern states were dealing with more immediate problems: petrol panics, property damage and missing people.
And beyond the immediate crises – including the mishandled travel expenses saga – MPs fear the "void", the absence of strategy or policy other than dealing with the immediate problems of the day and constantly repeating the phrase "jobs and growth".
