tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36190173.post7634625542809453242..comments2023-10-30T08:46:07.752+00:00Comments on Vowles the Green in Knowle: Response to Cllr Gary Hopkins criticismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36190173.post-58232876269334168932007-05-29T11:46:00.000+01:002007-05-29T11:46:00.000+01:00This is a Lib Dem comment if ever I've seen one! I...This is a Lib Dem comment if ever I've seen one! It doesn't show a real understanding of what it means to be truly Green.<BR/><BR/>I'm afraid the attempt by anon to categorize the Greens relative to the Lib Dems and Labour is simplistic and flawed. The Greens have a unique and well rounded philosophy and politics which is all their own! We are not in the business of defining ourselves relative to other parties. <BR/><BR/>The point of voting Green is not as stated by anon I'm afraid. Everything is interconnected...Greens feel people are a part of the environment and thus to separate off social from environmental justice is an artificial process which we are against. The point of voting Green is that we want sustainability, where the approach taken to problem solving integrates the environmental with social and economic factors. <BR/><BR/>Anon's final point is incorrect since we dont have a different policy position on Home Care now than we had before the local elections. Dont forget that Charlie Bolton does not defend his seat until 2010 - some time away yet!Glenn Vowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392000659876958930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36190173.post-35996402968479149332007-05-28T15:30:00.000+01:002007-05-28T15:30:00.000+01:00So on the one issue of home-care you think the Gre...So on the one issue of home-care you think the Green Party is closer to Labour. Yet on all the issues of environmental concern, like nuclear power, recycling, public transport, the Green Party is clearly much closer to the Liberals than Labour. Arent you supposed to be an environmental party? The whole point of voting Green is that it is a vote for a party that puts the environment first, not arguments about unions and outsourcing. Or is the Green Party just a socialist party now?<BR/><BR/>I am horrified that the Green Party has sided with the Conservatives to put the Labour Party back in power in Bristol. I think you have just been rattled by Labour and the T&G union over the Southville result. I think Charlie Bolton was worried about defending his seat that's all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36190173.post-36338796387891048182007-05-28T11:56:00.000+01:002007-05-28T11:56:00.000+01:00We failed to gain Southville by 6 votes only ...in...We failed to gain Southville by 6 votes only ...in the face of a Labour campaign that wheeled out a cabinet minister to go canvassing and a very vigorous Transport and general Workers Union campaign that misrepresented the Green position on Home Care (and dont forget that there was also a fifth candidate this time - an independent).<BR/><BR/>If he is taking all this into account and has knowledge of the Greens resouces he has a small point.<BR/><BR/>You are wrong about the Lib Dems. As a party they are certainly not unified in opposition to the ring road and airport expansion plans. The best they can say at present is that individual candidates are against the plans. Also note that the Lib Dem group on the council agrees with the Labour and Conservative groups about the need to build thousands of houses on open, green space.<BR/><BR/>Recycling levels nearing 40% are a start but we need to go much further to approach best practice in some other European cities, let alone achieve sustainable levels of waste.Glenn Vowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392000659876958930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36190173.post-8703693112523589112007-05-27T16:45:00.000+01:002007-05-27T16:45:00.000+01:00he does have a point though - as in you failed to ...he does have a point though - as in you failed to win the second seat in Southville.<BR/><BR/>Must admit I voted Lib Dem because they have increased recycling, oppose the Bristol South Ring Road Plan and oppose airport expansion. In fact they seemed more green than my green candidate.<BR/>Bob, WhithcurchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com