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Author:  jonlumb [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:46 am ]
Post subject:  3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
In your humble opinion, what are the three top things that need to be addressed by those in power (you can ignore the fact that they are Tories and may not want to implement your policy).

Quite curious to see what areas people think are the biggest priorities. The only major rule for this one is if your proposal needs a significant increase in public funds, you also need to advise on where those funds would come from, be it increased tax, or cutting from another sector.
Author:  rustybucket [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 6:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
  1. Bill of Rights
  2. Build nuclear power stations
  3. Root and branch education reform

Need money? Get the money we're owed off Vodafone and the like. Abandon Trident.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
rustybucket wrote:
  1. Bill of Rights
  2. Build nuclear power stations
  3. Root and branch education reform

Need money? Get the money we're owed off Vodafone and the like. Abandon Trident.


Why nuclear power stations?
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 10:28 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
Because our existing power generation capacity is wearing out. We can either go pretty much entirely renewable, or nuclear because new coal/gas stations aren't carbon efficient enough. We need better capture technology for renewable to be the only solution (IMO) - we can generate all the power we need but we can't guarantee to do that when we need it, so the solution to me is to be able to 'bank' the power we generate. We can't yet do that practically in the amounts we need to. Unless/until we can figure that out, Nuclear has a part to play.

My three priorities

1) Rebalance the economy - we're still far to reliant/vulnerable to idiotic behaviour in the financial industry
2) Figure out a way to make owning a non-petrol car viable for the majority of the country, not just those living in a big city
3) Reverse the damage done to the NHS by ideological 'marketisation' and PFIs.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 11:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
I don't see what taxes are used on in this country. Taxes paid are not that much lower than in France but everything feels a bit " on the cheap"




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Author:  AlunD [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 1:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
NHS? surely that has to be there.
Author:  ShockWaffle [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
1. We have an ageing population and soon we'll have a shrinking workforce. So public sector reforms should already have been about long term productivity gains not short term (inevitably to be reversed) cost cuts. If this doesn't get addressed soon, by the time you and I are in our 90s this country will need to completely reverse its immigration policies just to afford our adult nappies.

2. The above will rely on hospitals and councils to share services and budgets, and lots of other reforms that cannot be managed by a centralised bureaucracy. So radical decentralisation of powers to set priorities, measure outcomes, spend money and possibly to raise income are required.

3. We should still allow (encourage) foreign graduates of our universities to stay and work here. Also we should let asylum seekers work, and we should let those that do, stay, even if their assylum application is rejected. And then we should encourage more migration still. I want more in my dotage than just a nappy, and that is only a realistic option if we maintain a higher ratio of workers to dependents than is possible at our current rates of immigration and fertility.
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 3 Most Important Things for Government to Address
The first thing this government should do is drown itself in the Thames. See if Theresa May floats... But I'll have to give it more thought ;)
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