Yesterday the Liberal Democrats called on Parliament to back the 10:10 campaign on climate change. Sadly, the Labour Government applied a three-line whip (why did they have to do that? - doesn’t that just make politics even more pointless to real people?) to vote down any specific action and the motion was defeated.  It was heartening to see local Conservative MPs speaking and voting in support of this initiative, although not surprisingly our own MP, whose views as a denier of climate change are well known, did not see fit to attend the debate.

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I was back in Hitchin Market last Saturday helping Climate Justice with their campaigns to raise awareness of the countdown to Copenhagen.  Generally a very positive response from the public; the last time I was handing out material of this sort for the World Development Movement - when we were campaigning (successfully!) for a stengthening of the climate change bill - only a small proportion of the shoppers showed any interest at all.  This time it was only a minority who walked on by, so the message is getting through. Many were delighted with the opportiuntiy to send a postcard to the PRime Minister, or to their MP, to strengthen the government’s resolve on this issue.

Great news for green campaigners as EON has now announced it will not be proceeding with plans to develop Kingsnorth coal fired power station.

Allegedly this is as a result of the recession, but it would be nice to think that it is also due the massive level of protest from diverse environmental and community groups, and of course the Liberal Democrats, who were appalled by the potential for this plant to add massively to the UK’s carbon emissions. Read the rest of this entry.

We had another successful visit to Hitchin market this weekend - see the article on the local party website.

David Cameron’s conference speech was a bit of a high wire act – teetering between various policy stances and trying desperately not to upset, rather than putting forward a coherent vision for the future of Britain.  Perfectly understandable given his PR background and his apparent belief that he will inherit number ten, just as he has inherited so much else.  Let’s examine a few of his claims: Read the rest of this entry. Read the rest of this entry.