Daily archives: March 29, 2023


Don’t Think About The Children

It comes as no surprise that a Tory led moral panic about sex education has led to a report stuffed with recommendations that would only make things worse. As the article below suggests, we’d be better off listening to kids about this than paying attention to narrow minded fools.

https://theconversation.com/sex-education-review-controversial-proposals-risk-failing-young-people-202182


Growth is a false god

Both of Britain’s biggest political parties are dedicated to ‘growth’ and the lie that it will benefit everyone.

I don’t want to live in one of the world’s richest countries if most of that wealth is siphoned to greedy scum at the top, we have an appalling wealth gap, and poverty is worse than it was half a century ago. We’d be better off if we deported the billionaires to Rwanda and gave their houses to the occupants of the small boats our (incredibly rich) Prime Minister targets.

https://theconversation.com/why-economic-growth-alone-will-not-make-british-society-fairer-or-more-equal-202388


Labour could require solar panels for new builds, hints Ed Miliband

Ed Milliband’s heart is in the right place, but I think we need more than just solar panels. The last Labour government planned regulations that demanded all new builds be net-zero. The Tories, of course, threw them out.

All new builds should meet internationally recognised net-zero standards, there should be grants for energy saving technology on older buildings, and the minimum energy standard for rented property should be raised significantly. Then we might start getting somewhere.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65097319?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA