We need a Bill with balls
14 April 2008
Just this weekend our friends over at ICount released an eye-watering video on their website. It's a tragic story about a man named Bill, who suffers a rather unfortunate run of groin-related incidents.
As you can see in the film, this Bill's got no balls, and there's little we can do about it. However, there's another Bill out there we're interested in - the Climate Change Bill - which is due to be voted on in Parliament this summer.
The Climate Change Bill is a potentially ground-breaking piece of legislation to set binding targets to reduce the UK's CO2 emissions. The Bill must include 80 per cent reductions in emission by 2050 if we are to avoid a climate catastrophe.
Problem is that Government have only committed to 60 per cent cuts so far. A fine start, but that 20 per cent gap could be the difference between climate bliss and climate chaos.
ICount have been piling the pressure on MPs during their 'week of action' earlier this month.
The hard work is starting to pay off too as the Government have already conceded to one of ICount's three key demands to include annual milestones in the Bill.
Still though, Government are yet to commit to the cuts needed, so we need to keep on the pressure for a Bill with guts. A Bill with attitude, with chutzpah. A Bill that's got balls, you might say.
You can give your own MP a squeeze, by heading over to the ICount website (but make sure you register first so they can find out who your MP is).
