What I find astonishing about the
"Autumn" Statement on Wednesday and the commentary on it is
the (almost?) complete lack of consideration of the problem of
climate change, in this year of record temperatures. Isn't this the
most serious problem that this country and the world faces?
Where is the extra support for new
green technologies? Where are the plans for fleets of white vans
working their way down our streets providing free insulation and
draft proofing (backup by the legislation demanding minimum standards
when properties are sold from 2020 onwards? ). Currently money is
cheap to borrow and labour plentiful.
What a contrast with the attitudes
shown in last week's letter to the Guardian (20/11/14) by Caroline
Lucas and others with their plan for a "green infrastructure
initiative for jobs", using a form of quantitative easing to
make £50bn available a year.
This is why I am a member of The Green
Party.
Roger Oliver (4/12/14)
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