Of course it may be a tad early to cheer too much: Brown to lobby EU on greener VAT
Words and phrases like 'to (as opposed to 'will') lobby (as opposed to 'get in their faces')' and 'push for' (which means?) or 'would seek' (and ye need not necessarily find?) rather make it in the realms of a punt... or, rather, pledge.
And you have gotta love this bit: 'The European Commission welcomed the initiative but said it would require agreement from all 27 member states.' I stand ready to be disabused, but that sounds like 'Yo, Gordo. Still settling in and need to show you're in charge, eh? Sure, we'll help a bit. But the answer is going to be no, ok? But you knew that, right?'
Huge idea, though. Wonder why no one thought of, and/or suggested it before/
Especially as we're trying to encourage better enviro-practice all round.
ps: Is it just me, but is everyone's nearby river coming through their front door?
Junkk.com promotes fun, reward-based e-practices, sharing oodles of info in objective, balanced ways. But we do have personal opinions, too! Hence this slightly ‘off of site, top of mind' blog by Junkk Male Peter. Hopefully still more ‘concerned mates’ than 'do this... or else' nannies, with critiques seen as constructive or of a more eyebrow-twitching ‘Oh, really?!' variety. Little that’s green can be viewed only in black and white.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
1 comment:
I believe in freedom of speech. But I also don't like bullies on blogs, even verbal ones, as they can drive away those with something valid to say... or offer.
Subjective is fine, but well argued and substantiated is even better. Calm and polite tops. Anything that crosses my personal line will not go up. There may be reasons given, but not guaranteed.
I'm not too keen on 'Anon' as a handle (and the content usually explains why), so if that's what you opt for it may not make it. Sorry.
Much as though I would really love this to come about, I reckon there is about as much chance of this happening as there is of platting fog.
ReplyDeleteEven if it did get off the ground, they would of course have to set up a new commission or quango to oversee things (so half the benefit would disappear on management, IT projects and gold plated pensions etc). And everything would, of course, have to be accredited and certified in order to qualify, but only when there's an 'X' in the month, and if you have enough money to throw at the accreditation mechanism!