To ground my speculative worlds in the current political climate, I thoroughly researched Green Party’s and Reform UK’s political manifestoes. In this blog post I have mapped how this has translated onto my speculative world illustrations.
GREEN PARTY:
Circular Economy: ‘Green MPs will advocate for a circular economy that reduces the waste of resources’ (Green Party, 2024).
Minimise Waste, Maximise Recycling: ‘Volumes minimised and recycling maximised. Prioritise reduction of waste and maximise recycling’ (Green Party, no date).
Deposit Return Schemes: ‘implementing an all-in Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for recycling and reuse’ (Clarity, 2025).
Opposes construction of new waste-to-energy incinerators: ‘Greens say “no more incineration” of waste’ (Green Party, 2024).
Ownership to Usership: ‘The Green Party is committed to the public ownership of public services, so they are run to serve us all, rather than to increase the wealth of shareholders’ (Green Party, no date).
Waste Export of Plastic Ban: ‘Alongside this, commit to a complete ban on all plastic waste exports by 2027 at the latest, and ending approvals for new incineration facilities’ (Green Party, 2024).
Decreasing Single-Use Plastic: ‘We will also increase the scope of bans on the production of single-use plastics’ (Green Party, 2024).
REFORM UK:
Government and Council Spending Cuts: ‘Deputy leader Richard Tice said the party would need to cut “wasteful government spending” and “useless regulations” (Chartered Institution of Tax, 2025).
Prioritise Energy Security: ‘Reform UK will prioritise energy security, expand domestic energy production, and scrap policies that drive bills higher while making Britain more dependent on foreign energy’ (Reform UK, no date).
Net Stupid Zero: ‘Reform would scrap ‘net stupid zero’ policies’ (BBC, 2025).
Manifesto void of Environmental Policy: ‘Our Policies’ (Reform UK, no date).
Net Zero Alternative: ‘They state that instead of net zero, we can protect our environment with “more tree planting, more recycling and less single use plastics”’ (Greenpeace, no date).
Accelerate North Sea Gas and Oil Licensing: ‘Start fast-track licences of North Sea gas and oil’ (Greenpeace, no date).
Repeal EU Retained Laws: ‘Legislate to Scrap EU Regulations with Immediate Effect. Britain still has over 6,700 retained EU laws, which we will rescind’ (Greenpeace, no date).
Reference List:
BBC (2025) Reform would scrap ‘net stupid zero’ policies – Tice. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62k75qp1edo. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Chartered Institution of Tax (2025) Reform UK: Party drops radical tax cut commitment. Available at: https://www.tax.org.uk/reform-uk-tax-nov25. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Clarity (2025) What are the Main Political Parties’ Stances on Packaging EPR?. Available at: https://clarity.eco/environment/what-are-the-main-political-parties-stance-on-packaging-epr/. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Green Party (no date) Creating a Fairer, Greener Economy. Available at: https://greenparty.org.uk/about/our-manifesto/creating-a-fairer-greener-economy/. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Green Party (2024) Greens say “no more incineration” of waste. Available at: https://greenparty.org.uk/2024/10/15/greens-say-no-more-incineration-of-waste/. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Green Party (2024) Manifesto for a Fairer, Greener Country. Available at: https://greenparty.org.uk/app/uploads/2024/06/Green-Party-2024-General-Election-Manifesto-Long-version-with-cover.pdf. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Green Party (no date) Torridge Green Party Local Manifesto. Available at: https://torridge.greenparty.org.uk/about-us/883-2/. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Greenpeace (no date) Reform manifesto: a contract with the polluters. Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/reform-manifesto-analysis/. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
Reform UK (no date) Our Policies. Available at: https://www.reformparty.uk/policies. (Accessed 3 March 2026).
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