In reply to Clare:
In reply to ItisaRobbo:
ItisaRobbo said:I think the electorate will continue to have to vote according what they're most against, rather than voting in favour of parties and politicians.
That's certainly true in my case. I'll be voting against the Tories as they are not conserving things which would benefit people like me (especially me!). My MP is the current deputy PM and I can truthfully say there are worse people around, but she has said and done a few things which have made my blood boil.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
Lot to learn
In reply to gaynorsl:
I agree re not raising politics per se. e.g. NHS funding, what GCSEs are worth these days, Brexit remain/leave etc. But, I am afraid politics is 100% behind conservation, whether it's funding or lack of, planning or lack of, nuclear power, wind farm locations, fracking, granting oil exploration licenses, (cutting CO2 emissions you referred to indirectly), HS2, local council grass verges, farming policy and agri-schemes, water quality, legality of netting on public buildings etc etc. How can someone "concentrate on the animals and wildlife" without touching decisions made on our behalf?
Although I’ve never voted and never will for the present Government or for this political party which is the present Government. Two interesting statistics from the past? The first major wildlife act in the UK was the 1954 Protection of Birds Act and was passed by a Conservative Government led by Winston Churchill in 1954. The 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act was passed by Margaret Thatchers Conservative Goverment. But now a Conservative Government wanting to get rid of the strong wildlife laws in England and Wales including all of the wildlife laws the Uk including the laws when the UK was a member of the EU. The Scottish Assembly have there own laws involving wildlife!
Regards,
Ian.