Yes, there's trouble at the Green party, as we reported yesterday, with claims of internal strife and accusations of secrecy. But we shall not dwell on them here, for there are issues more pressing that impact on the future of mankind. The fact is there are too many people closing the curtains, dimming the lights, doing what people do with all the traditional repercussions. Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, says we need a good talking to about this. Interviewed by the politician/writer Dominic Carman, Lucas says this level of procreation may be OK in the developing world. But societies like ours need a rethink. "You are arguing for a shift in thinking in Britain where it is socially unacceptable to have more than two children?", asked Carman. "Yes, I am suggesting that a public debate may well lead in that direction," said Lucas. No legislation. This isn't China. Just a general frowning, perhaps, towards the careless; the excessively libidinous. Still, tell that to Peter Allen, who fought the Oldham byelection for the Greens earlier this year. He's a father of six.
From Hugh Muir's Guardian Diary.
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