The Conservative Party's 'Quality of Life' review makes clear Cameron is planning to slide out of his previous promise that the Tories would support a new round of nuclear power stations only as a last resort.

Backing nuclear power makes a mockery of their green pretensions. Dirty, dangerous, unnecessary and expensive - support for this ailing industry comes at a cost of funding for the cutting edge renewables technology.

If the Tories were serious about tackling climate change, they would end support for nuclear and call for an immediate moratorium on any more road building or aviation growth. As it is, their belief that a bigger economy is a better economy undermines any hope they have of adopting the right policies for tackling climate change.

The Conservatives privatisation of public transport under Thatcher is one of the reasons why 80 per cent of journeys are by car.  They need to support the renationalisation of rail as well as reregulation of bus travel.

Martin Whiteside
Hillside, Claypits Lane, Lypiatt, Stroud
Stroud Green Party Parliamentary Spokesperson

See Sian Berry's New Statesman comment piece here