- Immigration needs to be managed, in order to keep Wessex’s population within its carrying capacity. However, we are opposed to the demonisation of people seeking a better life elsewhere, and to discrimination on the basis of race, religion or national origin.
- No child benefit paid after the second child, to discourage population growth.
- Rewilding of rural areas where this does not have a significant adverse effect on local communities.
- More local involvement in planning decisions, eg Somerset being allowed to say no to Hinkley Point (there is no nuclear power station in London).
- An energy policy geared towards microgeneration, subsidised if necessary.
- Use Wessex’s eleven universities for research into green tech, possibly in partnership with the tech companies located along the M4 corridor.
- Reopen disused rail lines and canals where practicable.
- Reduce working hours and encourage teleworking.
- Vehicle CO2 emissions should be tested on real roads, rather than in unrealistic factory conditions, and on the basis of total load capacity, acceleration rates and top speeds.
- Reduce meat production. Ban the use of soy and palm oil, currently a major cause of deforestation in the Amazon and Indonesia.
- An education campaign on local, seasonal produce.
- A ban on further road building unless there is a provable local need. Stop the Stonehenge tunnel
