Visual Investigation: Topic research

Having decided on the idea of presenting some of the topics that are being discussed currently in the House of Commons between each of the parties, I started by researching the current topics for each of them. In order to link to the critical writing, the design style of the posters will be based on the design strategies discussed and make sure that the style matches the brand guidelines of each of the parties. 

Green Party

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Figure 1 shows the home screen of the Green Parties website, highlighting in a short nutshell the latest topics of discussions that they are having as a party. 

31st January 2018

'Green Party: Spiralling cost of nuclear final nail in Trident coffin'

- called on the Government to scrap nuclear weapons for good after Government figures revealed the costs rose by £575.5 million in 12 months

- Johnathan Bartley (co-leader of the Green Party) said the Government's failure to deliver the weapons on time or in the budget "reveals the lie behind its claims to be economically competent"

- Bartley made the call in response to a National Audit Office report which found the Ministry of Defence's equipment Plan for 2017 to have a spending shortfall of between £4bn and £20bn ( The National Audit Ofice states that the MoD's Equipment plan 2017-2027 is not affordable)

- "The spiralling cost of nuclear should be the final nail in the Trient coffin. It is unacceptable that the Government is set up to spend an estimated £575.5 million more on nuclear weapons it will never use, while inflicting cuts on an NHS and public services already in crisis. The fact the Government cannot deliver these weapons on time or in budget reveals the lie behind its claims to be economically competent. It's time Trident was scrapped for good."

30th January 2018

'Green Party responds to London hitting annual air pollution limit'

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/30/london-reaches-legal-air-pollution-limit-just-one-month-into-the-new-year 

- The Green Party has called on the Government to take action on air pollution after news Brixton Road in London reached the limit for the whole of 2018

- Bartley: "The fact we're not even out of January and London's filthy air has already hit the yearly pollution limit is damning. The Government's failure to tackle this public health emergency is just one of the cracks in its new green veneer"."

- "we all have the right to trust the air we breathe yet air pollution is cutting lives short and triggering asthma in our children"

- If the Government is serious about tackling this crisis it must bring forward the ban on petrol and diesel cars, introduce a targeted scrappage scheme, invest in public transport and expand clean air zones across the country."

The pollution issue has stood out to me more as it is something that is effecting an area that I regularly visit. I will continue research into this issue so that a campaign can then be developed.