SimonBornAt318ppm

Simon318ppm@mastodon.sdf.org

<p>Retired after lifetime of working in social purpose organisations. Hubby & dad of grown up kids (& elderly dog) & now grandkids</p><p>Green Party EW member & as active as health permits, systems thinker & degrowth curious. Horrified at capitalism, genocide & discrimination. Can only make sense of C21 thus: “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” (after Gramsci) 🇵🇸 🇺🇦</p>

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Post #4141716
For #uk folk… Tomorrow, Open Britain, who are working incredibly hard on cleaning up #ukpolitics #ukpol present this petition to Downing Street calling for the establishment of a National Commission on #electoralreform to report to Parliament in time to introduce change before #GE29 Given #burnham has long called for new ways of doing #politics this might be the best opportunity for a generation to kick dirty money out of #elections & introduce #fairvotes Please sign https://actionstorm....
Post #1453225
“You know, it’s interesting, because well-meaning MPs keep telling me ‘You’ll get used to this place’, and I think, do you know what – I hope I never get used to it. It is so strange. It’s broken, it’s so backwards. The day you stop questioning all that, and fitting in, is the day that you’ve lost touch.” Apologies if this great interview with Green MP Hannah Spencer is paywalled but what a breath of fresh air #uk #ukpol #greenparty https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/hannah-spence...
Post #967389
There’s a snap by-election in #tenburywells for #MalvernHills District Council Meet Sam Lewis, our great #greenparty candidate
Post #962930
Hello fedi - my friend and deputy Chair of our local Green Party is walking from Malvern to Worcester, to raise funds for Maggs, Worcestershire’s homelessness charity I know times is tight but if you could support Natalie’s Just Giving page, it would be a great help 🙏🏾 https://www.justgiving.com/page/natalie-mcvey-1?utm_medium=FR&amp;utm_source=CL&amp;utm_campaign=lc_frp_share_transaction_fundraiser_page_donation_received_-_nth_donation
Post #657467
“GDP is not an *arbitrary* metric of economic performance. It’s not as though it’s some kind of a mistake - an accounting error that needs to be corrected….It externalises social &amp; economic costs because capitalism externalises social &amp; economic costs. It’s naive to imagine that if policy makers stop measuring GDP, capital will automatically cease its constant pursuit of ever-increasing returns.” From Jason Hickel’s Less is More, which should be required reading for every politi...