It's time for me to take my rightful place. Everyone else has.
My draft manifesto:
-Public ownership of any natural monopolies (eg: rail, water, energy).
-Stop right to buy, enable councils to borrow to build housing, compulsory purchase @cost land w unused planning permission
-Create citizen assemblies to discuss and recommend how we improve democratic structures (proportional representation, the monarchy and House of Lords etc).
-Devolution of decisions to most local level possible.
-Massive investment in wave and wind energy, public transport,
railways, rural electric buses. Streets for people not through traffic, with decent and cheap alternatives.
-lifelong education, flexible working, equal parental rights.
-Tax capital (& land) equally to income, and inherited wealth even more so.
-Transparent ownerships of all media organisations, no passports, directorships, tax breaks, positions of public power or influence without being UK based for tax purposes.
-Fund social care & NHS properly at a rate reflecting ⬆️age of population & complexity of conditions.
-Stop counting GDP growth as a measure of success, and move to a measure of sustainable resource use for the utility of the maximum number of people.
-No more oil. Absolutely no funding for fossil fuels. Remove freeze of fuel duties, tax flying in the same way as other transport
-Introduce road pricing based on a formula of miles * axle weight, to reflect the harm and wear and tear.
-Expand railway capacity (yes, that actually means HS2, especially the northern leg). Train prices within the UK should always be cheaper than the same by road or air.
-Open a legal route for refugees to prevent dangerous crossings.
-Establish a right to roam/wild camp (leaving no trace) across England as in Scotland.
-Equal rights for all genders and persuasions, no questions.
- Abolish GCSEs/external exams until age 18, add technical and practical subject matter with in-work experience.
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