Cllr. Gavin Ayling

Today’s Google quote of the day is this:

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.
- Paul Dirac

Poetry, as I said recently, has only just made sense to me and, of course, science always has been deeply important to me so I thought it appropriate that I share it with you.

A while ago I said that the train just wasn’t a viable alternative to the car when making a trip into Brighton because you’re inevitably doing something else afterwards that needs the car.

Well yesterday I managed to use the train. Two of us went from Lancing to Brighton, spent some time shopping and running errands and then caught the train back.

And it was an entirely painless experience. It would still have cost too much compared to the car had we not stayed in Brighton for some hours, but aside from cost it was convenient, quick and not too crowded.

So I feel a little better about my carbon footprint. I continue to believe that the government’s attitude to resolving the current state of affairs is politically bent rather than being in the genuine interests of the environment (in the same way as socialists are always pretending to be in favour of the poor) but public transport is not always the wrong choice!

Actions for the government:
Provide tax-breaks to companies that are developing instead-of-oil techologies (and provide protection for those companies from take-over by oil-interest companies).
Provide tax-breaks (the opposite of the negative levies the government normally favours) for products that have a clear long-term benefit

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For the first time every member of the party is being given an opportunity to vote on the rankings of Tory MEPs and candidates. This is fantastic news as it counters my comments in this post.

While it is a secret ballot I am keen that everyone knows which MEPs are Eurosceptics and which are Europhiles. Then people reading this can vote along those lines without having to go to the same effort as me!

So here’s how I’m voting:
1. Daniel Hannan MEP
2. Nirj Deva MEP
3. Richard Ashworth MEP
4. (Because you are required to rank all candidates) James Elles MEP

You may remember that Mr Elles is a pro-EU Tory who supported the Lisbon Treaty and who wishes to remain in the EPP-ED.

And in Ballot 2:
1. Richard Robinson
2. Nina Kaariniemi
3. Sarah Richardson
4. Tony Devenish
5. Therese Coffey
6. Marc Brunel-Walker

Please bear in mind that my decisions regarding Ballot 2 were largely as a result of answers on Conservative Home’s Goldlist site