As #UKLabour flounders and talk of u-turns and leadership challenges abounds, here's a reminder that there's a ready-made lifeline:
https://gettingreal.org.uk/full-report/
#GettingReal
#UKPol
As #UKLabour flounders and talk of u-turns and leadership challenges abounds, here's a reminder that there's a ready-made lifeline:
https://gettingreal.org.uk/full-report/
#GettingReal
#UKPol
We agree with increases in Capital Gains and Inheritance Taxes, and in Fuel Duty.
We don't agree with increases in National Insurance paid by employers.
There are lots of other opportunities for tax increases that do good, and we spell it out in. #GettingReal
https://gettingreal.org.uk/full-report/
#UKBudget
Searching for policy alternatives in the UK and beyond?
Our #GettingReal report is full of them, taking account of the ecological / climate, social and economic crises and bold enough to propose an end to tinkering and instead the adoption of adequate responses. #EmergencyBrake and #PlanForReconstruction.
To take a look and share.
Getting Real about the Crises Facing the #UK | Stop the Damage! Build a Better Future!
https://gettingreal.org.uk/
#climate #collapse #austerity #economy #polycrisis
#Tax.
What #GettingReal says - contrast with the main parties in #GE2024 #GeneralElection
"We need to transform #taxation towards a system that,
progressively, taxes the use of energy and resources, wealth,
property and land value, taking into account the falling government revenue (other things being equal) from managed
economic contraction."
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A general election has been called for 4 July. The announcement surprised many, ourselves included, who expected an autumn poll.
We thought there would be more time to disseminate the messages of #GettingReal, that,
> There is a profound triple crisis, ecological, social and economic
> Actions we call The #EmergencyBrake are needed to stop, or at least, limit, the damage to the systems that sustain human life.
/Cont'd.
#UKPolitics #GettingReal #Polycrisis #pancrisis
https://gettingreal.org.uk/2024/06/03/getting-real-during-an-election/
"When Times New Roman appears in a book, document, or advertisement, it connotes apathy. It says, 'I submitted to the font of least resistance.' Times New Roman is not a font choice so much as the absence of a font choice, like the blackness of deep space is not a color. To look at Times New Roman is to gaze into the void." — https://practicaltypography.com/
#Introduction
Scholar-activist. Politically independent but 'paper' Green Party member.
#Degrowth #EcoSocialist. (Former health and social care manager / renegade psychologist). Various topics, chiefly orientated to the poly/pancrisis. See https://steadystatemanchester.net
Co-coordinate https://degrowthUK.org also see #GettingReal https://gettingreal.org.uk
Webmanager https://chorltonartsfestival.org
Very occasional personal blog https://uncomontater.net for culture, politics, gardening, making.