Systems Thinking in place of Ramshackle politics | Designer of Govt Systems I Real Democracy | Author and Musician
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Is God the Biosphere?
What’s stopping Us stopping Climate Change podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
Is this ok @morgansindall @nationalgrid No work here - 4 way badly set lights - up to 5 min wait - one queue interferes with the next - 4 sets lights currently - 3 years extreme traffic light fatigue. No one cares. People who live here don’t count
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GM is ready to lead a big reform of the benefits system.
We need a new less punitive, more positive approach to helping people into work, spending money through our voluntary sector rather than large corporates.
Thanks to @GranadaReports for this great coverage of our plans.🙏🏻
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Paul Johnson of the @TheIFS:
"I think there's at least some evidence that a better designed electoral system has an effect on the quality of economic policy making..."
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“OECD research suggests that if the autonomy of UK cities was to increase to the same level as Helsinki, then productivity would increase significantly.“
TY for sharing this @EdAStraw
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Almost 15 years ago exactly we launched our campaign for a re-unified national rail network run for people not profit🚆
@UKLabour's King's Speech finally announces legislation which we hope will make this a reality as #GreatBritishRailways
What a historic day👏
ALT Bring Back British Rail protest 2011 (Photo: Robin Prime)
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This should be the last election under First Past the Post.
All voters should count equally, wherever you live and whoever you vote for.
We need to @MakeVotesMatter now!
If you agree, add your name too: buff.ly/3xJNgaD
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We're dedicated to making sure this is the last election held under our broken voting system.
If you agree that we desperately need #ProportortionalRepresentation, NOW is the time to get stuck in and help us to MAKE VOTES MATTER!
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We need to rethink our approach to how social change is created. Citizens create value in all its forms - not systems - but we need systems to serve citizens. We need to invert the pyramid and put power in its place. @citizen_network @CitizenForward @DemeMove
ALT A model for rethinking the relationship between citizens, neighbourhoods and the systems that should support them which puts citizens and neighbourhoods on top of strata of other systems - from the constitution to civil society.
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Any serious solution to the housing crisis must start with sensible reform of Right to Buy.👇🏻
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
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Julian Abel @CompassionComUK is dedicated to improving health of people & places via social connections, reducing health impacts of loneliness & loss. Come, meet him at our conference compassionate-communitiesuk.… . Whilst you wait hear him with @drchatterjeeuk youtu.be/CUHYmbfHEVw?si=Gsto…
Did you know UK has had PR in places in the past? And Conservative P in favour to prevent socialist majority?
History from @paulgeorgepdg
An antidote to a world running on lies @MakeVotesMatter @electoralreform #equalvotes. open.substack.com/pub/paulge…
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Imagine if we cared about #Health and #Wellbeing?
Pre-WWII the Peckham Experiment did.
Results were powerful, but it was swept away in a system focused on illness.
Imagine what #UBI would add?
@CitizenForward @citizen_network @DarnallWB @FestOfDebate
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FPTP has been called “the world’s worst voting system for achieving gender balance” in politics (Kuper, 1990).
Every single country with more than 40% female MPs in its primary legislature uses a proportional voting system.
There are currently 226 women in parliament, out of a house of 650 members – but there have only ever been 564 women MPs in history. electoral-reform.org.uk/at-3…