This is going to be a bit off-topic but stick with me as given the circumstances I think it's relevant for this blog. That a party can get 23 per cent of the vote but only claim 9 per cent of the seats in parliament seems grossly unfair. As does the notion that another party can garner 36 per cent of votes, and see that translated into 46 per cent of seats. Yet, more or less, that's what our electoral system has delivered.
Action on climate change must not be the loser from a hung parliament.
That was the message today (Friday 7 May 2010) from seven of the
UK's largest environmental organisations as they issued a joint challenge to
the political parties now haggling over the make-up of the next Government.
David Norman, head of Campaigns at WWF, said:
"Whoever becomes Prime Minister, one of their most pressing tasks will be
to take rapid action to deal with the threat of climate change. They must also
take action to protect our under-pressure natural environment.
Posted by jamie — 13 October 2009 at 4:59pm
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If you've been wondering what the tweets and Twitpics about the dancers during the Parliament occupation were all about, here's the explanation. Yesterday morning, this group from the Power Shift youth conference staged a flashdance (like a flashmob but, you know, in the medium of dance) below the London Eye to supportaction on climate change.
They then upped sticks and crossed the river to repeat the whole thing in Parliament Square where the volunteers who'd spent a chilly night on the roof watching. Christian, who'd just arrived back from the action, says it really, really cheered them up.
(There's another video with footage from Parliament Square on the Guardian.)
Posted by jamie — 11 October 2009 at 7:45pm
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A little while ago, I spoke to two of the volunteers who are camped up on top of the Houses of Parliament to find out how they were getting on. Louise explains the challenge of getting up there:
