Carla Denyer
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good quality jobs, and those jobs aren't inherently attached to aviation, they could go to wherever else you invested that money.
good quality jobs, and those jobs aren't inherently attached to aviation, they could go to wherever else you invested that money.
Which is why this has to be about government changing policy and changing legislation to make the greener thing the most convenient and the most affordable thing. Yeah. rather than having a go at individuals for choices that sometimes they don't have complete freedom to make. Thank goodness rail is going to be brought back into public hands now.
Which is why this has to be about government changing policy and changing legislation to make the greener thing the most convenient and the most affordable thing. Yeah. rather than having a go at individuals for choices that sometimes they don't have complete freedom to make. Thank goodness rail is going to be brought back into public hands now.
That's been a Green Party policy since forever, as long as the investment comes with it. Yeah. But there's no tax on aviation fuel. There's no VAT on plane tickets. There's additional direct subsidies connected to domestic aviation on top of that. The tax regime for private jets is a bit too generous. There are lots of political choices that successive governments have made to
That's been a Green Party policy since forever, as long as the investment comes with it. Yeah. But there's no tax on aviation fuel. There's no VAT on plane tickets. There's additional direct subsidies connected to domestic aviation on top of that. The tax regime for private jets is a bit too generous. There are lots of political choices that successive governments have made to
that have created this unfair situation we're in now. And it's so important for us to remember that the economy is not this naturally occurring phenomenon that we just have to live in. The economy is created by humans. And if it's not working for us, we can change it.
that have created this unfair situation we're in now. And it's so important for us to remember that the economy is not this naturally occurring phenomenon that we just have to live in. The economy is created by humans. And if it's not working for us, we can change it.
Greater Manchester, you'd have thought. Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester, you'd have thought. Greater Manchester.
Surely the penny is dropping.
Surely the penny is dropping.
I've seen the conspiracy theories about what caused the... Oh my God. No, I haven't.
I've seen the conspiracy theories about what caused the... Oh my God. No, I haven't.
Yeah, the thing that I and the Greens and wider environmental movement has been saying for decades is that, you know, those on the lowest incomes, those in the global south who've done the least to contribute to climate change will be at the sharp end of it, but no one can escape it. And we are getting to the point where... That is happening now.
Yeah, the thing that I and the Greens and wider environmental movement has been saying for decades is that, you know, those on the lowest incomes, those in the global south who've done the least to contribute to climate change will be at the sharp end of it, but no one can escape it. And we are getting to the point where... That is happening now.
Yeah, I have. So there are two Conservative co-proposers to the Climate and Nature Bill. And actually, they've been some of the more proactive, I would say, in terms of lobbying their peers and making the case.
Yeah, I have. So there are two Conservative co-proposers to the Climate and Nature Bill. And actually, they've been some of the more proactive, I would say, in terms of lobbying their peers and making the case.