tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post2377684529567306073..comments2023-08-12T08:41:01.080+01:00Comments on Green Bristol Blog: Airport Expansion under the SpotlightChris Hutthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-67983258541340329622009-04-01T13:13:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:13:00.000+01:00maybe we should await the planning application and...maybe we should await the planning application and see who supports and opposes? JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-55378013871013699852009-04-01T13:00:00.000+01:002009-04-01T13:00:00.000+01:00JB, firstly thank you for the background info on t...JB, firstly thank you for the background info on the behind-the-scenes action. I only watched via the webcast so you have the advantage.<BR/><BR/>Yes I "skirted over" the facts because there wasn't time to go into it all in detail and if I had I doubt whether anyone would bother to read it all. However it is open to you and anyone else to comment if you think I have misrepresented things, which you have done. So fair enough.<BR/><BR/>I'm well aware that politicians of all parties have an eye on electoral advantage, but that doesn't necessarilly preclude them acting on principle sometimes. I suspect in this instance the Lib-Dems may be taking something of a risk because my guess is that they stand to lose more votes than they stand to gain by taking a stronger line against the expansion of the airport. <BR/><BR/>My view, for what it's worth, is that the airport expansion is largely a symbolic issue. People need to be sent clear signals about the direction society and the economy are heading. A decision to oppose the airport expansion would have been one such signal.Chris Hutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532451004057748734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-28640899218616411382009-04-01T12:47:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:47:00.000+01:00oh dear Jon, touched a nerve i think :) and of cou...oh dear Jon, touched a nerve i think :) and of course, you fail to address the other Lib dem-run councils actively supporting airport expansion. but, as usual, local opportunism outweights principles.<BR/><BR/>as for last night's council, I saw both cllrs walker and bradshaw in the foyer having a heated conversation with the labour whip! wouldn't be suprised if one or both quit their frontbench. JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-40776449287799092852009-04-01T12:17:00.000+01:002009-04-01T12:17:00.000+01:00Whatever Jon's motives he supported the Green Part...Whatever Jon's motives he supported the Green Party motion.<BR/><BR/>Even if Mark Bradshaw and Rosalie Walker were upset they didn't have the courage to vote for the motion.<BR/><BR/>Action speak louder than words or crocodile tears!<BR/><BR/>As for Liverpool, Norwich and elsewhere - that is for the voters there to decide. Just as in Ashley it is up to the voters there (I am sure Jon will recover quickly from Daniella taking his seat - he seems quite resilient to me!)TonyDhttp://aureamediocritas-tonyd.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-yesterdays-council-meeting.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-76948351158726458192009-04-01T11:55:00.000+01:002009-04-01T11:55:00.000+01:00JB - Your speculation suggests that you don't know...JB - Your speculation suggests that you don't know me or Stephen?Jon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520080372748647536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-31382656013284534212009-04-01T11:44:00.000+01:002009-04-01T11:44:00.000+01:00JonYet other LD councils are supporting airport ex...Jon<BR/><BR/>Yet other LD councils are supporting airport expansion elsewhere eg Liverpool. <BR/><BR/>Me thinks this owes more to your and Stephen William's desperation in holding onto your respective seats this June and next May! <BR/><BR/>Not everyone's fooled by this latest conversion to matters green, well except Chris Hutt that is :). JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-58383595163979782992009-04-01T11:07:00.000+01:002009-04-01T11:07:00.000+01:00It was a wrecking amendment from Labour supported ...It was a wrecking amendment from Labour supported yet again by their Conservative friends.<BR/><BR/>There is a simple choice in June. <BR/><BR/>More Labour/Conservatives stitch ups or a Lib Dem majority.<BR/><BR/>JB, I hadn't spotted Rosalie Walker and Mark Bradshaw "looking unhappy", but I am not surprised. They both remember the parallel situation when their group voted to wreck the railway path motion.<BR/><BR/>This time, as then, the question should be "Why?"<BR/><BR/>JonJon Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01520080372748647536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225087846795766487.post-24216808673142320772009-04-01T09:59:00.000+01:002009-04-01T09:59:00.000+01:00Pretty pompous stuff on your blog once again - the...Pretty pompous stuff on your blog once again - the amended motion was supported by all the main parties and talks of reducing emissions, tackling car dependency etc. It is not a green light for BIA expansion (which is for N Somerset anyway) but as usual, you skirt over the facts. You should have seen several of the labour cllrs during the debate looking distinctly unhappy at the Tory's unbridled support for expansion - Rosalie Walker and Mark Bradshaw in particular. Both left the chamber to speak to their whip!! JBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com