This is part of a series of eighteen questions from The Democracy Club asked of the Isle of Wight candidates in the 2010 General Election (background).
National statement three: Government should tackle climate change aggressively even if it means energy bills go up.
| Candidate | Position | Comment | |
| Ian Dunsire (English Democrats Party) | agrees | “Climate change must be taken seriously but unilateral action by the UK is costing jobs and putting our economy in an even worse position than Labour created.” | |
| Bob Keats (Green Party) | strongly agrees | “See my comments above.” | |
| Pete Harris (Independent) | strongly agrees | “Low consumption of energy should become a high priority. Insulation within buildings, low energy equipment, and whack a tax onto imports from places such as China that care nothing for the environment.” | |
| Paul Martin (Middle England Party) | is neutral | ||
| Paul David Randle-Jolliffe (Independent) | agrees | “I would prefer to see the focus on the economic benefits of green living and working, at 15 I was called mad for talking about CFCs and Ozone and at 20 I designed one of the 1st Energy Nuetral Buildings in the UK, now we need green energy fast!” | |
| Mark Chiverton (Labour Party) | is neutral | “There is a balance to be struck here. The future of the planet is dependent on reducing carbon emissions so climate change must be tackled. However, we need to bear in mind that higher costs would particularly hit areas of low pay like the Island.” | |
| Michael Tarrant (UK Independence Party – UKIP) | strongly disagrees | “Climate change may yet to be proved a natural phenomena. It should not be used by the Government as a big stick to tax the populace and employing more bureaucrats. A proper open scientific enquiry is required.” | |
| Jill Wareham (Liberal Democrats) | strongly agrees | “People should be encouraged to improve their energy conservation within their own homes through insulation, etc and energy companies should enable customers to carry out these improvements by paying for them through their energy bills” |
Those who didn’t provide responses: Andrew Turner – Conservative, Geof Clynch – BNP and Edward Corby – Independent
The idea for this whole idea came from the excellent The Democracy Club and answers are hosted by the splendid
Election issue of TheyWorkForYou.
