The Green Party on Expenses

Darren Johnson, Green member of the London Assembly, talks about the outrage from the MPs expenses scandal, and voting Green in the European and general elections.

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[sueluxton]

I don't think you'd be banned, just taxed more fairly according to the pollution you cause!

[operationturkey]

This expenses scandal is rather interesting. My MP, Anthony Steen, is not standing in the next election after claiming £87,000 for his country home. It looks like we might be able to get in a Lib Dem MP at least. Hopefully the conservative candidate will be unpopular.

[TiradeFaction]

Great message, but you guys should have picked a different individual to do this video, he has no charisma and he's a sight for sore eyes @_@.

[redrock1965]

well said ,i agree with that ,,,alot of high powered motor bikes go fast to fast ,,and middle lane hoggers,,,anyway i shall still be voting green come june the 4th ,,lets hope they do well

[kidlewis]

ofcourse it depends on the way you drive as does every mode of transport, but I have to say around warwickshire where there are a huge number of high powered motorbikes, majority I see on the roads around there exceed the speed limit. Not all ofcourse but a larger percentage compared with cars. The key to reducing car emissions is to stop idiots hogging the middle lane, effectively turning motorways into two lanes. the M6 yesterday evening was getting congested because idiots wouldn't keep left.

[redrock1965]

it depends on the way people drive ,you assume everybody on a bike cannot drive one ,i have driven as well as alot of my friends ,for 25 years ,and because we are not idiots,or stupid we are luckey enough not to be involved in a accident !!why is not the car/lorry drivers fault then ,,

[kidlewis]

cap everything at 30mph because anything over 40 you are running the risk of death. Also if you crash in a car you will have a reasonable chance of surviving, on a motorbike you are basically dead if you come off anything over 45mph. If everyone in the country traded in a car for a motorbike, the death rates would be through the roof.

[redrock1965]

what unlike now !!it is all coming down ! all those kids in cars racing around the streets are not getting killed because there cars are to powerful ,,all the heavy lorries driving fast on are small roads and villages ,,you silly person ,,

[kidlewis]

you realise deaths on the roads would soar too!

[redrock1965]

i think all bikes should be tax free ,if everybody rode motorbikes and scooters there would be only half the pollution there is on the road !!they have always been cleaner than cars ,,,so i think it is a no no to taxing bikes and scooters ,,sort the great big lorrys and speeding motorcars first ,there is no need for these cars to go so fast ,they need to be capped at 70 mph

[redrock1965]

like to know that if i voted green ,you would not try to ban me riding my lambretta ,,,?????it's a coooooool machine