Politics - Green Party

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Copied from the Lunar Scorpion etc etc thread as it was going a bit (a lot) off-topic:

That's not research, it's a policy document, something completely different.

I notice that you selectively missed out

"P102 'Carrying capacity' is the term used to describe the population that can be sustainably supported in any given region. It is not a fixed number but depends on consumption patterns."

which is between 101 & 106 and explains the contradiction which may be read between the two you have quoted.

Policy comes from research, surely? Or do they just pluck policy out of thin air like our current government?

With regard to 102 its a load of bull, how can that even be considered policy? Surely, by definition, policy is a definite course of action. Regardless of whether it backs up my view of poor research it pretty much sums up the cretinous ideals of the party.

Sorry to correct you both, but they are principles, not policies (what was that about poor research? ). P101 and P106 are not mutually exclusive, and what exactly do you disagree with there Shoes? There's a policy pointer document about population on the Green Party website http://policy.greenparty.org.uk/mfss/mfsspp.html. The party's policies are decided democratically at its conferences.

As opposed to Labour and Conservatives.....

Fair point. As a Conservative myself I am disappointed at where the party is going, although I will still support them on the whole.

Yes, they are trying to rid themselves of the 'nasty party' tag, aren't they?