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Archive for August 8th, 2008

News from the Melon Patch

Friday, August 08th, 2008 | Author: News Team

It never ceases to amaze us at Land & People why people vote for the Green Party. The only rational reason we can come up with is that they have no idea of what that outfit actually stands for beyond “they’re for the environment”! In other words, a great many amongst those inclined to vote for them, have no inkling as to their political philosophy, but view them as a useful receptacle for the registering of a protest vote.

The Green Party is, of course, the “environmentalist” party that apparently fails to see any connection between immigration and population growth “ whilst being happy to concede that overpopulation is the greatest threat to our environment.

In addition, whereas the Green Party claims to believe in animal welfare “ it has no policy on (or recognition of?) the abomination of ritual slaughter “ the most prolific form of animal abuse practised in Britain today!

The explanation for these “ambiguities” is simple. The Green Party, like every other leftwing group, is working for a multicultural Britain and consequently favours fewer restrictions on immigration. It is because of its addiction to multiculturalism that it is forced to adopt irrational “flat earth-like” stances “ stances that give rise to irreconcilable positions - such as immigration and overpopulation not being linked and ritual slaughter not constituting animal abuse! No wonder then that it is increasingly known as the “Melon Party” “ being green on the outside “ but red throughout!

The Melon Party’s official line on immigration - the phenomena which is exacerbating the overpopulation problem which, in tun, is increasingly wrecking our environment - is: “The Green Party works for a significant reduction in immigration control and the protection of the rights of migrant workers regardless of their ‘economic value’.”

As an aside, we wonder how many of the 1,300 people who voted Green during the recent Henley by-election would have done so had they previous knowledge of the following from the Green Party’s website here .

For those not in the know, LGBT stands for: Lesbian, Gay, By-sexual & Transgender.

We quote:

Greens launch Downing Street petition calling for instruction, training and guidance for all asylum staff

LGBT Greens has launched a petition on the Downing Street website calling for an urgent review of Home Office approaches to LGBT asylum seekers.

Phelim Mac Cafferty, spokesperson for LGBT Greens stated:

“After much campaigning on the issue since the cases of Iranian LGBT asylum seekers Pegah Emembakhsh and Mehdi Kazemi came to light, we have got clearance from the web team on the Prime Minister’s website for our petition.

“We now challenge the government to start treating LGBT asylum seekers with the fairness that they deserve. These are people who’ve often fled persecution, rape and torture who flee to our country and our response is to lock them up like criminals. We say enough is enough of this inhumane policy - we need to stick our necks out now and stand up for LGBT asylum seekers.”

The full text of the petition is:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to urgently review the way LGBT asylum seekers are treated.

In the light of the cases of Pegah Emembakhsh and Mehdi Kazemi, Iranian LGBT asylum seekers, who sought asylum in the UK , we call upon the Prime Minister for an urgent review of the services provided for all LGBT asylum seekers.

In particular we think that the following are needed for fair treatment.

1. Compulsory training for all asylum staff on sexual-orientation and trans-awareness.
2. Explicit instructions to all immigration and asylum staff, and asylum judges, that homophobic and transphobic persecution are legitimate grounds for granting asylum.
3. Clearer and up-to-date guidance from the Home Office for asylum judges to reflect the accurate scale of LGBT persecution throughout the world using expert information from NGOs like Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
4. Legal-aid funding for asylum claims needs to be substantially increased.
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Land & People ask: How can the promotion of either asylum or immigration possibly be in the best interests of the environment?

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Large Blue making a comeback

Friday, August 08th, 2008 | Author: News Team

Back in the late 1970’s the large blue butterfly was pronounced extinct in Britain. However, following a reintroduction programme in the 1980’s, it has once again become established “ if somewhat precariously so. The good news is that it is reported as having “bounced back” following last year’s bad weather to increase its numbers.

Last year the populations of the large blue butterfly fell alarmingly at Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Green Down nature reserve, near Somereton, as a result of a spring drought and poor weather during the flight period.

This year, however, more than 3,000 butterflies took flight in June at the site, which was recently selected as one of 20 “Butterfly Survival Zones” in a bid to save the country’s rarest species. According to the Somerset Wildlife Trust, the site is one of the best in Europe for the large blue since the species was reintroduced to the reserve in 1992.

The large blue butterfly is still considered to be globally threatened, as a result of loss and bad management of its habitat, and is one of a number of species prioritised for conservation action under Britain’s Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP).

The large blue population at the Green Down reserve has been used as a donor site for further re-introductions in the area. Encouragingly the butterfly’s numbers have been boosted by a local farmer whom, we are informed, uses his Dorset horn sheep and ruby red Devon cattle to graze the site in a way which help the reserve’s wildlife.

Just another example of farmers and environmentalists working together for the preservation of our countryside and its habitats.

More on the sterling work being undertaken by the Somerset Wildlife Trust may be found here .

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