Is A Council Run By The Green Party Really "Green"? (No)

 

After the response from Bristol City Council (run by the Green Party) I sent a follow up and guess what the response was?  

There wasn't one. Not from either three of the councillors which included the deputy leader of BCC. The communications were not private and you can find the story here 

https://foxwildcatwolverineproject.blogspot.com/2024/05/wildlife-deaths-and-need-to-take.html

and here

https://foxwildcatwolverineproject.blogspot.com/2025/03/time-to-stop-playing-nice-with-local.html

It needs to be noted that only foxes reported are logged and the number logged in likely far lower than the real losses.  We also do not include (obviously) the number of cubs lost when a pregnant vixen is killed and aborts.   The same applies with badgers and we have already had one heavily pregnant one lost this year.  And while the Green Party continues to run Bristol City Council and proudly boasting of the City's rich environment and wildlife including its mammals such as otters and the foxes for which the City in renowned and attracts many photographers it still seeks to build on Green Spaces,m attract development exactly as the Labour led council did.

Councillor Martin Fodor:

"I’m sorry it’s not what we want to see but in our cross party committees we’re currently dependent on finding ways to progress our ambitions within all the current constraints and budget problems we have inherited. What I can promise is that if any opportunities appear to do something I shall look at them and if we can then persuade the committee to agree we can progress some projects. We’re also pressing he government to follow through with the enhanced protections the propose Climate and Nature Bill would bring since statutory obligations should lead to better funding."!

How many years have I been hearing this from Labour and now Green controlled BCC?  Let's look at The Green Party  item 3 of "Our Core Values":

1. Humankind depends on the diversity of the natural world for its existence. We do not believe that other species are expendable.

Apparently that is pure bull shit. Development money and allowing work teams to destroy active fox dens with young in them -two cases this year and BCC and their crews KNEW of the dens but they got in the way of "tidying up" and we will not even go into "weed" spraying that has a lot of people in an uproar. The Greens made so many promises about saving green spaces and the environment and wildlife and before the local council election were keen on the protection of wildlife. They then got control of the council and "did a Labour Party" and any promises were out of the window and like the Labour Party jumped in with the excuse of "budgetary reasons".

I speak to a lot of people and they will not be voting Green come the next local or national elections.  I certainly will not.

Today I have recorded the 100th (reported) dead fox on one of the well known wildlife death hot spots. In fact two foxes today plus a badger and the badgers in the area in question are literally being slaughtered by traffic.  But the Green Party do not give a damn. They do not have to record the deaths or have someone go out and check that the animal is dead, whether pregnant or lactating (and we have lost a lot of cubs (through starvation) going by the number of lactating vixens found dead).

Wildlife, especially species in such a steep decline such as badgers and foxes are of no interest to the Towny Greens. 

Oh, and it is 31 (reported) dead badgers so far and we are not even out of April and the number of deaths of foxes will increase as the young disperse in July-August.

Hopefully BCC Greens do not run out of tea and biscuits before then or else there will be a need for emergency budgeting.