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Green Party calls for free bus passes for under-22s (www.bbc.co.uk)
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[–] 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Really good policy.

It does beg the question why the handful of councils they already control haven't enacted it if...

He added: "Green councillors elected in May will be using their influence to implement this scheme in their areas and we will be applying political pressure at a national level for a scheme recommended by the transport select committee last year to be made real.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    They need the government to fund it.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Absolutely, and so electing Green councillors in May won't enable them to implement it in their areas.

    This is what properly fucks me off with Polanski. It's a great policy, but like all populists, saying stuff like this means he's either stupid, or he's lying knowingly misrepresenting the power councillors have.

    It's fundamentally unserious.

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