Recent Labour Party manifestos have been disappointing on environmental issues. How does this one shape up? Here are my thoughts on likes and gripes (restricted to the environmental issues): Good things: ‘We will defend and extend existing environmental protections.’ – will we see anything similar in the Tory manifesto? I doubt it’. But The Greens…
Category: election 2017
Election comment 2 – the Corby constituency
I live in the Corby constituency – a marginal constituency which tends to change party when the government does. People who live in the top photo vote Labour (or UKIP). People who live in the bottom photo vote Tory (or UKIP). People who live in the small towns, that’s me, vote Tory or Labour or…
Election comment 1
I wonder whether Emily Thornberry and Barry Gardiner have been on a media training course – if so, it’s certainly working. Back on 20 April Barry gave Adam Bolton a trouncing on SKY news and he had a really good go at Nick Robinson on the Today programme last week. And then Emily Thornberry puts…