The news of the government’s desire to sell off Britain’s nature reserves to their conservative cronies [as reported in the Guardian on Friday the 13th August] should be the final straw for a coalition that has revealed its teeth and its true intentions.
From the Guardian article:
Some of the most beautiful areas of Britain could be sold off and wildlife and countryside protection measures cut to the bone to meet expected 40% cuts in the budget of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, it emerged.
Among the plans being considered by the government, which once declared itself “the greenest ever”, are selling off national nature reserves; privatising parts of the Forestry Commission; privatising the Met Office, one of the world’s leading research organisations on climate change; and withdrawing grants to British Waterways, which manages 2,200 miles of canals and rivers.
I doubt there are very many who voted Liberal Democrat at the last election who would vote the same again. I think there are many who switched votes from Labour to Conservative at the last election who would switch back.
Chances are good that Labour would win if an election were called tomorrow.
So pray for a vote of no confidence in this government.