I heard/ read recently that the ‘legally binding move to reduce emissions by 80% by 2050′ are dependent upon our European partners agreeing to similar commitments. Unfortunately I cannot recall where I got this from. I’ve written to my MP asking if there are any get-out-clauses on what they are touting as a ‘legally-binding commitment’, and I’m awaiting a response…

Allotments: “…they have just launched a campaign to remove the legal duty for local authorities to provide allotments…” ! Unbelievable. Have you got a source for this? If this is what they’re planning, it’s… well, it’s astonishing. This government’s claims to be the ‘greenest government ever’ sound ever more hollow.

As for public transport: I’ve lost track of how many decades we’ve been promised positive moves on this by left and right, and yet the situation never gets any better – and of course it’s currently getting far worse. To my mind this is a classic illustration of the failure of our ‘democratic’ government system: the politicians do not implement the will of the people, they simply follow their own ideologies once we’ve ceded them power.