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Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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Carbon Literacy – 14 sessions, not a single elected member shows up…
Yes, I know, there were elections. I know because I am a member of Climate Emergency Manchester and we were flat out trying to get candidates to say yea or nay to some simple climate commitments. Meanwhile, Manchester City Council … Continue reading
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“Affordable” as the new “sustainable” – words mean whatever the powerful want them to mean.
I just sent this letter to the Manchester Evening News. If they publish it, I will add a photo of it in t’paper. Update – they published it! 4th June 2021… WE live in Alice’s wonderland, where our lords and … Continue reading
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Why the enormous rhetoric-reality gap for #Manchester City Council on #climate? 1987 as the pivotal year… (video)
This video is rough as a badger’s arse. There will be a slicker version. Comments very welcome…
Letter in MEN (truncated) Council and #climate leadership
We got none of that. The Council simply did more of the same drivel. It’s just thrown 50 thousand more pounds at consultants to do work its own bureaucrats had promised to do years previously.In September, the latest carbon emissions figures … Continue reading
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In essence: “No, because that would discriminate against the Labour councillors who are drooling morons.”
With my Manchester Climate Monthly hat on: The group I am part of, Climate Emergency Manchester, did its best during the election campaign to get candidates to say yes or no to three simple climate pledges Most Labour candidates studiously … Continue reading
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It’s official – elections where only the “ayes” get to speak are just fine! #Manchester
Yesterday the Leader of Manchester City Council, who has been there since 1996, was re-elected again. What made the whole thing hilarious was that the presiding official, the Lord Mayor, forgot to ask how many people were opposed. I wrote … Continue reading
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Sometimes they forget to even pretend, aka more gruesome contempt for democratic norms and conventions in Manchester
He didn’t even pretend to try to defend the indefensible. Maybe he forgot to. Maybe he can’t. Maybe he is just beyond caring. Who knows? But those of us forced to watch it (95 councillors and a grand total of … Continue reading
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Hough End playing fields, #Manchester and Olympian levels of spin
If you think the Hough End “sports village” is about South Manchester softball teams having somewhere to play, well then, I have a bridge in Sydney to sell you. This is about Manchester’s (inter)national sporting profile. Once you understand that, … Continue reading
What next for #climate action in #Manchester – never mind the ballots? #instapunditry #unsolicitedadvice #institutionalwork
TL:DR – it comes down to citizen action. It was always going to come down to citizen action, it will always come down to citizen action. Party politics is a) the shadow cast on society by big business (Dewey) and … Continue reading
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‘Historic moment’ as Green Party win first seat on Manchester City council since 2008
Fun fact – the editor of this website was in Manchester Town Hall for the election count in May 2008 wen the Greens lost their Hulme seat by 50 votes (or may have heard gripping accounts and conflated them. A … Continue reading
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