what a neat solution

SO LET’S get this clear. Fact one: the Government believes that, properly designed and run, a new generation of nuclear power stations would be perfectly, absolutely, indubitably, demonstrably, assuredly and without qualification, safe. Got that? Safe. S-a-f-e. People who might live nearby can be assured, on the basis of impeccable scientific advice, that these power stations represent no danger at all: neither of low-level radiation, nor of a nuclear disaster.
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So what could be the objection?

shamelessly lifted from Matthew Parris in today's Times

why?

why do people say "they want to have their cake and eat it"?

because there's no bloody point in having a piece of cake, and not eating it, is there?