Nick Clegg Launches Green Jobs Manifesto Pledge

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats today speaking about the Lib Dem's manifesto pledge to create 57,000 jobs by investing £400million upgrading disused shipyards to enable the production of off-shore wind turbines.

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[Nighthawkx15]

scumbag

[Dermodermo010672]

So now you are in Government can you update me regarding whether you have done this and if not why not

[tonys666]

18 BILLION ON CARBON TAX

[nerskine1]

The number of views for this video says a lot about participation in politics in this country.

[pysgodfach]

@pysgodfach all politicians talk like that

[pysgodfach]

@dogspawn not necessarily

[pysgodfach]

@humder yes they are

[Cuss100]

We are too far behind the curve on CO2 industry, China could set this up for half the cost and have it making a profit in a year.

It is a good idea but i'm sorry we have left it too late to get involved in the market. Also what kind of wages are we talking about here?

You say earners of up to 10k can keep what they make, Yet what is the point of charging tax on say jobs like this if they are only earning 15k?

Are you going to make green jobs pay more than the army & construction? doubt it.

[leebaker2010]

It's protectionism to protect jobs in already established industries that would not otherwise be competitive in the world. That is a waste of money.

It's not protectionism to invest in not-yet-existing industries, particularly if this would be to achieve important aims that the current market cannot achieve, such as cutting CO2.

The state should rightly create the framework for nascent industries to start to grow. It should not prop up already-grown industries.

[humder]

@DonMo999 Ah but the Liberal Democrats are not classical liberals. There are many kinds of liberals.