Tories ditch green taxes

mkpdavies · 26-02-2008, 03:35 PM

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DAVID CAMERON is to abandon plans for “green” taxes amid fears of a backlash from voters unhappy about having to pay for climate change.
A leaked policy paper commissioned by the Tory leader warns that action on the environment is too often seen in terms of “consumer sacrifice”.
Instead the document urges Cameron to copy the more positive “can do” strategy of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the California governor, who has invested huge sums in businesses developing green technologies.

O'RLY.

Remind me where the money comes from to pay for those green technologies. I look forward to the plan that shows how taxes won't go up though.

steve fowler · 26-02-2008, 03:57 PM

Only took him two years to realise that most votes arnt really that bothered about some green issue's.

Britannist · 26-02-2008, 08:23 PM

He (anti-UKIP and pro-EU David Cameron) should never have backed the leftist pro-EU 'green' lobby in the first place.

I want to cut carbon emissions but am totally against tax rises connected to this issue (or to any other matter).

rjt · 28-02-2008, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Britannist

He (anti-UKIP and pro-EU David Cameron) should never have backed the leftist pro-EU 'green' lobby in the first place.

I want to cut carbon emissions but am totally against tax rises connected to this issue (or to any other matter).

I agree Cameron made a serious mistake following this agenda

You are right in my view to be against tax rises, nobody yet who comes to this forum proclaiming doom and destruction for us all has yet ti put a case for them.

eublues · 28-02-2008, 12:42 PM

Nearly all this stuff is determined by the EU, so what Cameron says makes no difference.

rjt · 28-02-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by eublues

Nearly all this stuff is determined by the EU, so what Cameron says makes no difference.

That is a good point and one Mr Cameron ought to turn his mind too if he was serious about restoring democracy to this country.

26-02-2008, 03:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
steve fowler Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 1,201 Party: UKIP	Only took him two years to realise that most votes arnt really that bothered about some green issue's. __________________ RULE BRITANNIA BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES, BRITONS NEVER EVER SHALL BE SLAVE'S. Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. Winston Churchill. When Labour won the 1997 General Election, Enoch Powell told his wife that the electorate had voted to break up the United Kingdom.

26-02-2008, 08:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	Carbon emissions, tax rises He (anti-UKIP and pro-EU David Cameron) should never have backed the leftist pro-EU 'green' lobby in the first place. I want to cut carbon emissions but am totally against tax rises connected to this issue (or to any other matter).

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28-02-2008, 12:42 PM	#5 (permalink)
eublues Uber Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,005	Nearly all this stuff is determined by the EU, so what Cameron says makes no difference.