Will Brown actually listen to the public for once and oppose any measures to deal with "climate change"?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6263690.stm

The above poll shows most of the public are skeptical of climate change and believe graffiti and dog mess are of more concern.

WHEN WILL A POLITICIAN ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE?

Answer 1

I reckon dog bites and attacks are of more concern than canine crap; when will they make muzzles in public compulsory??

Answer 2

Having skirted around the edges of politics back in the 80s, I can tell you that there is a lot more to it than what the public wants right here - right now. If you remember back, the old Liberal Party (pre-SDP merger) repeatedly put forward manifestos that claimed they would do the little things that ordinary everyday people wanted doing. They never got elected.

The intersting thing here is that the poll does not make climate change disappear. It does not prove that climate change reports are overexagerated, it just shows that 56% of a 'group' of people 'believe' that it's overexagerated. Back in 1987, there were polls right through the General Election that predicted that Neil Kinnock would win a landslide victory over Margaret Thatcher. I don't remember Mr Kinnock taking up residency in Number 10 though.

Two things ... Firstly, polls can't be trusted to give accurate figures about anything. Secondly, there are some things that we simply don't know enough about to be trusted to make rational decissions on. For that reason, we elect leaders to do this for us. Humans have a wonderful ability to bury their heads in the sand and say things like, "It's OK, I won't catch AIDS", or, "This whole BSE thing is just a load of crap and I'm going to carry on eating beef". So it's easy to say that global warming is a myth. But the fact remains that our weather is behaving abnormally. Our winters are getting warmer and our summers are getting wetter. The evidence of climate change is all around us.

This doesn't mean that other issues like terrorism, anti-social behaviour and dog crap on the streets aren't important. After all, what is the point of saving the world if the society we live in breaks down? Whether it be trying to get the politicians to press the US to start acting against global worming, or getting the government to increase funding for centres for people with learning difficulties (instead of closing them all down), every issue that faces our society - be they things that can be solved quickly, or things that take generations of work to achieve - are all important to make our society a safe and decent place for us all to live in.

Certainly, if all the higher paid politicians were to take a 30% cut in salaries (something they could all easily afford to do) they could fund the focus groups to deal with many of these smaller issues. But the idea of a 'poll' being enough for the government to change it's policies is simply laughable. All the government needs to do is to comission a poll of it's own. The company that does the poll can find the right 'cross-section' of the British public to get the result the government would want to see.

Answer 3

All this poll demonstrates is how ill-informed a lot of people are. A few fringe scientists and loonies still dispute man-made climate change is happening, but the overwhelming majority of scientists with relevant specialties accept it is happening and needs to be tackled. This is what policy should be based on, not the results of opinion polls.

The media give the fruitcakes time to air their views, which gives the the public the impression the climate change case hasn't been proven yet, so they think there is still doubt when there isn't. David Bellamy (a botanist) and Jeremy Clarkson (a populist twit) might not be convinced but I am.

Answer 4

hi, (ANS) I do think of Gordon Brown would be a much greater powerful top minister than Tony Blair ever became. Or ever could desire to be, Thank Goodness (sigh of alleviation!! TB's long gone finally). in spite of the undeniable fact that, I could desire to assert that Gordon Brown does not seem to have very sturdy green credentials for that reason a ways, he has been ominously silent on the topic of climate exchange, worldwide warming & pollutants. **listening to the final public is one element, yet taking helpful action is a few thing completely diverse. **With Gordon the devil is often interior the element and complexity of his replies so a ways as i will work out. Gordon could be relatively a slipper character too abit like Blair, take the final funds in case you pick an occasion. He provide with one stroke and took what he had given interior the subsequent breath with infrequently every physique noticing until after the truly funds assertion became over. **i pick to be attentive to if Gordon Brown remains going the lower back the mad Blair coverage of increasing ALL uk airports contained in right here couple of years? for that reason including to greater environmental harm? Ivan

Answer 5

We can only hope he wont not so much about climate change which I think is more of a natural process which we may be adding to but not to any great extent but the use of fossil fuels. Maybe the average man in the street is more concerned with dog dirt but in 50 or 70 years time he will be very concerned with the acute shortage of fuel unless we take action now.

Answer 6

I think the last things the people who have their houses underwater are worried about are dog mess and graffiti. I don't know if you have noticed any changes over the last few years in the weather. Theoretically the weather will become more extreme as the planet warms, we had more storms last week than we usually see in a year, and the rain has got much heavier over the last few years than it ever was. I suppose if we don't deal with the planet, the problems that are more immediate will be solved as both graffiti and dogs get washed away.

Answer 7

When did a poll of the uninformed public mean that the experts were wrong? World-wide, scientists are agreed that the speed of climate change is man made. You'd better believe it.

Answer 8

I hope so because Global warming is a load of old tosh. All it does is allow the government to tax us to the hilt in the name of saving the planet.They could take every car off the road and every plane out of the sky but it would make no difference because man made carbon emissions amount to nothing.

Answer 9

One would hope so, but i recon he will be just the same as all the others and have his own agenda when it comes to the British people, I think you are right about dogs etc, but again most people have their own agenda too, Immigration, cost of housing, council tax, cost of fuel and just surviving every day living. But these people are put into power to help us overcome our concerns, but it always seems they seem to be working to a totally different script. If i take my own circumstances, I'm most concerned about immigration, my pension, and inflation, but your agenda is probably different to mine, so to strike a happy balance, must be an almost impossible task for the government. So maybe its time for a change to the way they govern, maybe it time to have referendums on all our concerns and the government should tackle these in order of concern.

Answer 10

You have to be joking politicians all have their own agenda, and the only listening they do is at face value. They would rather give our taxes to those overseas, than ensure that everyone in this country was living a decent life first....the elderly, those on low income who have to go through means testing. How crazy is a system that takes tax from those who earn less, for them to have to try and get a handout so they can live

Answer 11

Gordon brown is the other cheek on the same backside, he as agreed with all blaires policies, will be no different,
day to day things that affect the general public dont affect politicians, they are in it for thier own gain