Category: election 2017

I recommend that all should read the UKIP manifesto – I recommend that none should vote for them. The UKIP manifesto has a section on protecting the environment which meets, head on, the belief of many of us that Brexit will almost certainly be bad for the UK environment by saying ‘Brexit will not put…

  The Plaid Cymru manifesto for the Westminster elections has precious little about the environment in it because most environmental issues are devolved matters. Therefore, Plaid Cymru Westminster MPs play little role in debates or votes on such things. So, if a Welsh voter, you know that electing a Plaid Cymru MP will do little…

The SNP manifesto for the Westminster elections has precious little about the environment in it because most environmental issues are devolved matters. Therefore, SNP Westminster MPs play little role in debates or votes on such things. So, if a Scottish voter, you know that electing an SNP MP will do little good, and little harm,…

The Vote for Policies website is a very useful tool. I like it. The idea is that it shows you the policies of the major political parties in different subject areas (including ‘environment’) and without knowing which party is which you choose the ones you like most. After you have gone through this process it…

I’ll come back to the meat of the Greener UK hustings over the next couple of days, but I wanted to tell you about this. I’d been out in the open air of east Northants most of the morning, and then stood on Wellingborough station platform for a while before getting the train into London….