#gettingreal — Public Fediverse posts

Making the Degrowth #Vote count on 4th July

We organised a session in March around upcoming elections, especially the general #election. The aim was to help decode #manifestos and make as much of a #degrowth intervention as possible, given that no candidates will be standing from a degrowth position and almost all parties subscribe to continued economic growth in one form or other..../ Read more/

http://steadystatemanchester.net/2024/05/24/making-the-degrowth-vote-count-on-4th-july/
#GE2024 #UKPolitics #DegrowthVote
#GettingReal

Just supposing #Labour were serious about this, they might care to look at #GettingReal, an alternative manifesto to #StopTheDamage to the ecosystem and #BuildABetterBritain
https://gettingreal.org.uk

‘We’re up for this fight’: Labour plans to make #climate key focus of election.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/24/labour-plans-to-put-climate-front-and-centre-general-election-campaign

#GE2024 #2024GE

Keir #Starmer’s ‘first steps’ might get him into Downing Street. But there is danger ahead | #JohnMcDonnell | The Guardian

OK John, but what would an adequate alternative look like?
We suggest something like this: https://gettingreal.org.uk
#GettingReal

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/20/keir-starmer-first-steps-downing-street-britain-labour?utm_source=cbnewsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2024-05-21&utm_campaign=Daily+Briefing+21+05+2024

"Welcome to the #Sunak and #Starmer show and welcome to the next four, five, six or seven months of your life."
BBC

I can reveal that neither of them will be presenting the policy choices that are needed in the face of multiple symptoms of systems #collapse.
Instead do take a look at and promote the #GettingReal policy portfolio.
https://gettingreal.org.uk

#ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis
#Livelihoods
#Equality
#Tax
#UKPolitics