Poll on second Mersey Crossing

The bridge issue has been an extremely one sided affair with the council (£500,000 spent on promotion by the council to date) media and businesses supporting it to the hilt with, until recently, limited objective public debate on the matter.

A couple of weeks ago following the postponement of the decision regarding a second crossing the Widnes Weekly News started a campaign for residents to back the bridge and part of this relates to encouraging people to sign a petition.

In order for a little balance in the matter I've started a poll on this blog for people to consider and respond to - please consider participating in this but before you do, particularly if you feel strongly about having a second crossing, I'd suggest that you take a look at the verbal evidence the Green Party presented to the recent public inquiry (see this blog 26/6/08) then vote - thanks.

Record Artic Ice Melt

The ice melt on the Arctic Sea continues apace. Latest information is suggesting that 2010 is sizing up to be a record breaking year. It seems that the ice melt will be higher than the record levels observed in 2007. (See,http://nsidc.org/data/seaice_index/images/daily_images/N_stddev_timeseries.png)

We are a party with policies on nearly every area, but we came into existence to do something about the long term future for our society. On a day when the Independent reports that we are not really making any underlying dent on our CO2 emissions, it truly is a worrying future not just for generations unborn, but for all the people that share this planet today.

Thanks to Peter Cranie for this alert