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RIDGEWAY STUDENTS BEGIN BLOGGING HERE!
Ridgeway school post 16 students are keen to take an active part in the way the country is run. They appreciate that young people need to know more about the political system in Britain and held their first meeting as the
Post Sixteen group. They seek to actively work with local MP Gary Streeter and Alison Seabeck MP to promote greater political awareness amongst young people by writing a political blog that will appear on both politicians web sites. Their aim is that more young people will become involved and have a greater influence in the way the country is run.
posted by Gary Streeter on Thursday, September 17, 2009
15 Comments:
The Students at ridgeway are really keen to be involved in this project. They feel that they have to take an active role in the future of the country because it is the only way to make sure that there is one
Linda
Hiya, I'm just going to write up some of the issues we talked about in Wednesday's discussion so if anyone wants to add any ideas and thoughts you're welcome to do so (:
- ethnic groups protest against British troops, given them the right to live in our coutry and troops fight for our country so is it really fair?
- it is fair that we're losing our national identity (eg not allowing Christmas to be called that anymore) when they're chosing to live in our country and our culture?
- failure this year by student loan company to pay out many grants to first years and many unis arent letting students start without proof of finacial support. can we really support 50% of young people to go through higher education?
- is it fair that the English taxpayers money pays for Scotish students to have free higher education courses? however, if people dont pay they might not care so much about their courses.
- machinery replacing industry jobs? maybe Britain can be going back to producing goods instead of just moving money around? in this case putting 50% through uni wouldnt help, need more people doing NVQ's and to stop stereotyping people who do vocational subjects as less clever
any ideas/thoughts about the subjects discussed or any new topics you wish to raise feel free to leave a comment (:
Tanya.
On 18/09 there was apparently a large amount of smoke and a foul smell being emmited from the langage power plant. This is something i did not expererience this and i was wondering about peoples thoughts on this.
On the 18th of september the langage power station fired up and then caused a thick fog which scared many people as it was so sudden and had no prior information about it. The smell it generated was foul and the fire engines only cause further panic. If people were notified about the power stations activities which might cause alarm then people would not be so angry.
I'm curious to know where you stand on the Langage Power Station devolpement and its switch on. The one situated in Plympton. Personally as a resident living approximately a mile away i am, and have been from the start, objective towards the station.
I fear that mine, my families and my friends healths could be at risk from its switch on, concidering problems like asthma ( this may not be a direct link but at the moment it is a possibility ), they have gotten conciderably worse. For instance notably since the power station has been activated myself and a friend have surcummed to multiple asthma attacks, which are incredibly distressing and using up expensive medical equiptment.
I am just curious to know, if this becomes the evident problem, how are you going to help the residents of Plympton who have potentially life threatening illnesses?
I belive the power station at langage shuld concern the residents that live in the plympton area. On Friday 18th september, i got home at 2:00pm after school. By 2:30pm most of chaddlewood was engulfed in smoke. You couldn't see probabily 10 feet infront of you, amd it smelt horrible. lots of people at thier homes at the time dialed 999 in panic, but the power station said the smoke was due to the inital fire up of the power plant. But what if this was just a taste of what's to come? What if this is a regular occurance and pylmpton will end up in smoke 24 hours a day?
Heya, Im going to put up my view about the new Power Plant that has been built. One of my main issues is that it is an eye sore for people who want to come and live in Plympton. Another issuse that I have with the new Power Plant is the smell that it produces. On Friday 18th while tests were going on in the Power Plantm,smoke started to bellow out of it and covered most of the Plympton area. Also when this smog covered most of Plympton it also bought along with it a horrible smell. Fire engines were also called up to the Power Plant, so clearly not a good start. My last point is the health risks. I have friends who have asmar and they have said that they have had to used there asmar pumps more often.
Thank you for reading my comment.
Hi, I have been wandering about your opinion on the new power station at Langage. A few days ago it was started up without warning cause large amounts of smoke to form over plympton,not only did it cause some distress but i have a few concerns about it. Firstly, plympton already has light polution, however the smoke from the power plant is making it worse. Corn feilds which is behind my house is one of the nicest places in the whole of plympton, from there the view is beautiful, and the stars equally so. Since the launch of the power station however the view of the stars and such has because some what distorted, telling me that the smoke is polluting, and making the issue of light polution worse. I don't believe this is entirly acceptable, Plympton has always been a nice place, but the smoke is distorting the image of a once slightly clearer Plympton. Secondally I am a mild Athsma sufferer, i rarely use my inhalers but latley this is not the case. Again since the power station has been emiting these fumes I have had to use my inhalers over six times in one day. This is not just a fluke instance either, as i have discovered many of my friends who also suffer from Athsma have had this problem, some worse than me. If I'm honest this isn't right, and something should be done about it.
Thanks for all of the entries so far - keep them coming. I was angry when I heard about the problems caused by the Langage power station fire up. They should have told local people this was about to happen. We contacted them that afternoon and they assured us that the smoke was harmless, but we took them to task for not informing us.
I was totally against this power station, but the government gave it permission. Now we have to accept it and work with them. I am working hard with local agencies to try and get the business park alongside it up and running so we can create much needed jobs.
Gary
Hello to everyone who has commented thus far. Like many people who have already discussed this issue, I am also a Plympton resident who was totally unaware of the Langage power station testing on the Friday the 18th September. I agree with many of the posts that have stated that local residents should have been informed and think that the excuses made by Centrica as to why this did not happen are totally unacceptable.
However to those who argue that the power station is an eye sore and as a result, should not have been built, need to re think their position. Plymouth is a growing city with new homes being built in Sherford and other much needed redevelopment projects being commissioned throughout the city. With this expansion comes greater demand for basic necessities such as power and water. The new power station and other facilities like this are also essential to the development of Plymouth. To ensure Plymouth remains competitive in attracting new business, especially in these testing times, new projects like this are essential. Furthermore if we wish to continue our current way of life, where every household is full of electronic equipment from dishwashers to home computers, then we must accept these blots on our landscapes. We all want the conveniences of modern life but are not willing to deal with the consequences of this way of life, so perhaps before we begin to criticise the power company we should begin to question our own way life.
The people who concider the power station an eye sore basically object to the building of Sherford too.
Most people do not want to have more industry in Plymouth and we like our more quiet style of life. I wholeheartedly object to Sherford as it is destroying some of our beautiful countryside, which Plymouth is normally noted for. We do not need to keep building things higher and taking over the countryside. One main reason for this;
- We have so much empty space which could be brought, for example in the city centre there are numerous buildings ( like the old Woolworths ) which are deralict. Why can't we use them instead of destroying the one of the truely beautiful things left in the city and its outskirts. (:
I agree with the principle of Stephen's idea: we need to question our own way of life if we complain about the consequences of it. However, I'm willing to bet, myself included, that none of us will be prepared to give up our electrical equipment so maybe it's a bit pointless speaking about it and not doing anything about it. We need the new power plant to sustain our lifestyle, and even though people are moaning about how its close to Plympton it's going to be close to someone, no matter where they put it.
Maybe it's just human nature to complain about something (:
Yes, i agree that things such as the power station are infact needed to provide for the community, i am not arguing against this. My problem is why the launch was concealed from the public and why, even though these fumes are 'harmless' there is still an effect on the health of people. The people who lived in Plympton and Plymouth before, did perfectly well without the powerstation, so arguing about us wanting more and more doesn't solve the issue, people have had such appliances have always been had by people. Your argument Stephen Thatcher merely states that we should stop complaining and we shoud accept this stain on our country side. I am aware that this power station is helpful somewhat, but despite comments it is effecting health!
I am opposed to nuclear submarines being cut up at Devonport.
So am I!
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