Tories Green Policies
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elster

Original Poster:

17,517 posts

239 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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Tory Green Economy

So does this mean whoever gets voted in now, we will all be screwed on a made up tax?

I think their best idea is going to be the plug sockets through out the country.

Will they also be building hotels next to these plug points, as they could make a small fortune from that!!

Do they mean that by not depending on imports of carbon based fuels they will be re opening the mines? As this surely is the best method.

He clearly doeesn't know that there is no "spare" energy from solar panels and domestic wind turbines. Also the equipment needed to feed back to the Nation Grid is hugely expensive so not really worth it for sending 1kW back to the grid.

Edited by elster on Friday 16th January 14:47

Battenburg Bob

8,839 posts

221 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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Green means tax and more tax.

The World economy is going to rat terd and they talk about 'carbon capture'. If I hear one more person mention sodding 'carbon footprint' I'll stick my footprint up their backside.

I was prepared to vote Conservative to get rid of the imbecile known as Brown. But it'd be like cutting your nose off to spite your face. I just see announcements like this as a different way of saying 'if you drive anything over 1000cc, we're going to squeeze you until you burst'.

G_T

16,163 posts

219 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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It means they can recoup some of the losses through Browns economic failures though.

I really have no idea who to vote for next election. To quote South Park "it's a choice between a touchbag and a turd sandwich".

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

284 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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I had a nod and a wink from a Conservative activist.

All is not as it seems...

Probably...

Hyperion

16,952 posts

229 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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Cameron has always had a 'green' agenda. Nothing new here.

All these wonderful 'green' ideas use batteries (Home wind turbines and solar panels need an array of batteries, electric cars needs lots and lots of batteries etc), which are hugely damaging to the environment. Crazy.

Fittster

20,120 posts

242 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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So politicians should ignore advice they receive from scientific advisors?

otolith

68,556 posts

233 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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G_T said:
I really have no idea who to vote for next election. To quote South Park "it's a choice between a touchbag and a turd sandwich".
Yes, but they also said that it's always a choice between a douchebag and a turd sandwich.

It seems to be politicians promising people things that hardly anyone wants but everyone has been told by the media that they must demand. And it will probably work, because while nobody answers "yes" to "do you want to be taxed more for your car", if you ask "should other people be taxed more for their cars"...

s2art

18,942 posts

282 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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Fittster said:
So politicians should ignore advice they receive from scientific advisors?
They should ignore the idiots, thats for sure.

im

34,302 posts

246 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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mybrainhurts said:
I had a nod and a wink from a Conservative activist.

All is not as it seems...

Probably...
scratchchin

So Cameron is lying then??? In order to get votes???

rofl

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

246 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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im said:
mybrainhurts said:
I had a nod and a wink from a Conservative activist.

All is not as it seems...

Probably...
scratchchin

So Cameron is lying then??? In order to get votes???

rofl
"We will not raise taxes"

im

34,302 posts

246 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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10 Pence Short said:
im said:
mybrainhurts said:
I had a nod and a wink from a Conservative activist.

All is not as it seems...

Probably...
scratchchin

So Cameron is lying then??? In order to get votes???

rofl
"We will not raise taxes"
"We will not be doing what we say we will" according to MBH's inference

scotal

8,751 posts

308 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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10 Pence Short said:
"We will not raise taxes, we will simply introduce new ones to increase income."
EFA, & I hope I'm wrong.

10 Pence Short

32,880 posts

246 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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scotal said:
10 Pence Short said:
"We will not raise taxes, we will simply introduce new ones to increase income."
EFA, & I hope I'm wrong.
I was referring to the Labour election manifesto, soon after which they raised National Insurance rates.

shalmaneser

6,420 posts

224 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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'Politicians in saying anything to get voted in shocker'

Can't see anything unusual here TBH, the majority of the country still loves all this st...might be different in six months time though.

Battenburg Bob

8,839 posts

221 months

Friday 16th January 2009
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Fittster said:
So politicians should ignore advice they receive from scientific advisors?
Would that be the scientists who get millions in grants to 'confirm' Climate change (can't call it 'Global Warming' anymore..because they've realised that the earth's not actually warming..and everybody's realised they were being shat on from a great height)

or

the scientists who say climate change is utter bunkum and is used by Politicians to scaremonger and raise taxes.

The next election is a simple matter of deciding whose going to screw you the hardest.