An interesting article about the UK’s new deal. As usual, it is not good news, interest rates for ‘green deal’ loans as much as 7.5%. How will people on low incomes and suffering from fuel poverty be able to afford these loans at these rates?
A warning about the dangers of ‘fracking’.
Blair, Olympic deals and why another world is possible by John Pilger
I for one will not be wasting any time watching this monstrous abuse of the Olympic ideal. This article gives some idea why it is an affront to deficiency.
Blair, Olympic deals and why another world is possible by John Pilger.
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News | Rolling Stone
A couple of articles which have cropped up recently. Firstly one from the Rolling Stone magazine about the seriousness of Global Warming and the failure of our inept politicians. The other article is an article in response to a very flawed report arguing against regulations and product energy efficiency standards.
Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math | Politics News | Rolling Stone.
Overriding Common Sense: An Attack on Energy Efficiency Standards.
Seeds of Freedom
A film about The story of Seed. One that is being changed by Agra-chemical companies and their Genetically Modified Crops (GM Crops).
High ambitions for high rise sustainable living | green alliance blog
The link below is a blog from the Green Alliance and a project to involve residents in living sustainably. I think this blog will go some way to debunk the notion of some white middle-class environmentalists, that people who live in council/social housing do not care about sustainable living. Maybe, environmental groups in Manchester will endeavour to involve more people from council/social housing in their work?
High ambitions for high rise sustainable living | green alliance blog.
A blog from someone who like many right-minded people have fought against the privatisation of the NHS.
What the heck is this? I’ve been trying and failing to stop the government from privatising the National Health Service for years, and now a private healthcare company has contacted me about a job!
The email from Care UK says they are “seeking a Media Relations Executive for our Head Office based in Colchester and your skills and experience appear to be a good match.” Huh? They are offering a “competitive salary, 25 days holiday and corporate discounts.”
Here’s what I have replied:
Dear Laura,
Thank you for your unexpected email about the Media Relations Executive job with Care UK. I am very interested. Since Care UK is possibly the leading private healthcare company making inroads into the NHS, I would relish the opportunity to publicise what it does – indeed, this is precisely what I was trying to do in my previous job as information officer for Keep Our…
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The Obama Deception HQ Full length version – YouTube
This video about Obama’s failed promises, also reflects what is wrong with politics in the UK. Though the second half of this video does lurch into the absurd, especially the denial of climate change. Labour, Conservatives and Liberal-Democrats are no different, we need a new type of politics. This is what the Green Party is about and campaigning for.
The US will not satisfied till it controls all the resources in South America.
The “Monsanto Rider”: Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity from Federal Law?
More bad news from the USA. Monsanto and other agrochemical companies can circumvent any Federal Court sanction against the planting of GM crops. If they are so convinced there is nothing wrong with their products, why was this hidden away in a bill on Agricultural Appropriations. It should of been done openly by trying to amend the Plant Protection Act.
This is what one NGO had to say about this rider;
In a statement issued last month, the Center For Food Safety had this to say about the biotech industry’s latest attempt to circumvent legal and regulatory safeguards:
Ceding broad and unprecedented powers to industry, the rider poses a direct threat to the authority of U.S. courts, jettisons the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) established oversight powers on key agriculture issues and puts the nation’s farmers and food supply at risk.
This is another reason we need a register of lobbyists in the UK, not just at the National level but also at the Local level.
The “Monsanto Rider”: Are Biotech Companies About to Gain Immunity from Federal Law?.
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