Hinting that the government would soon announce plans for the siting of a new runway in the south-east of England and pledging extra investment in roads, railways, broadband, housing and skills, the chancellor said: "It is now within our grasp to make Britain the most prosperous country in the world and the best place to do business.
Few places better symbolise a decades-old policy of siting plants in remote and poor locations with few economic options.
But another sore point with the Kremlin is America's plans for missile defences, and especially for the siting of ten interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic.
But the government submission made no such suggestions and even hinted that it would like to take back some powers for example, over the siting of new nuclear-power stations.The government, roared Mr Salmond, is making a big mistake in "rejecting majority Scottish opinion" and trying to stop the momentum of Scottish self-government.
There need be no shame in admitting as much, and in sitting (and siting) out this particular phase of Russia's transition in a convenient country nearby.
Wind technology is running up against the laws of physics: it is hard to see great new gains in siting, or in the design of bearings and blades.
A ROUND-UP of some of this morning's top stories in EuropeRussia has proposed siting cruise missiles in Kaliningrad if America goes ahead with its plans to build a missile-defence system in central Europe.
FERC's role in siting projects is controversial.
Robert Gates, America's defence secretary, visited Moscow in an attempt to persuade Russia to drop its opposition to the siting of American missile-defence systems in central Europe.In the first round of France's presidential election, the two front-runners, Nicolas Sarkozy and Ségolène Royal, came top.
He has insisted that Italy will be more assertive in fighting its corner in the EU, provoking a series of rows over issues like fines on Italian farmers and the siting of a European food agency.
