sept 6, 2011

"but you didn't even sign kyoto!"

"sure we did."

"ok. but, you didn't implement it."

"well, we were studying it."

"and how long were you going to study it?"

"until we could come up with an economically feasible solution. you know, the economy is important. we are the british liberal party."

"ok, but if we don't have a clean world we can live in, growth won't mean much, will it?"

"we agree. but, we weren't willing to act in ways that would ravage the economy. we had to try and find a way that would balance both of these concerns."

"you took too long, so long that it seemed like you weren't doing anything."

"but, we were doing something. we had all kinds of commissions set up and they wrote all kinds of reports for parliament. that's how our system works."

"we need action now and can't wait for this."

"then you should join us. we have mountains of reports, now. we have plans...you have ideas, too. we can work together."

"you will ask us to compromise too much."

"the truth is that you don't have a choice. you can risk joining us and accomplishing nothing, or you can continue on with the certainty of accomplishing nothing."