I'm not big on speeches.
They are either long, or boring, or both. They rarely tell you anything worth knowing, or can do much with or about on the spot, and invariably are either preceded or followed up with the content online, so it rather makes being there to be bored to death a major lowpoint of one's day. Unless there's a chance to drag folk from the PowerPoint screen, they stay around afterwards for a chat or the speaker can really inspire.
Speaking of which, we have the Queen reading out the Prime Minister's list.
I may (or likely may not) get interested enough in trawling more and hence posting from elsewhere, but for now here is a press release from the Greens, or at least one of their Principal Speakers (which has me a tad contused as to who speaks for whom).
A few points of note (well, that I noted), with which I am in pretty much agreement:
The 60 per cent by 2050 targets cited in the revised Climate Change Bill
"It's criminally irresponsible to adopt a target that not only flies
in the face of science, but also undermines the UK's commitment to
making a fair contribution ..."
"...low level targets that we are not
likely to meet do not constitute radical action on climate change."
On the Planning Reform Bill
"The current proposals for a separate planning system for major
infrastructure projects mean undermining democracy in favour of an
increasingly centralised and authoritarian government."
"Consulting with local people for disruptive, polluting projects like
airports is essential, and any attempt to 'streamline' these
processes to save money, or to hand them over to appointed yes-men is
a scandalous affront to the rights of ordinary people in the UK."
On the Housing and Regeneration Bill:
"...give priority to the maintenance and
improvement of existing properties before building 3 million new homes."
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