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/Cont'd.
See https://degrowthuk.org/2025/09/22/as-uk-politics-turns-both-right-and-left-how-do-we-get-degrowth-onto-the-agenda/
And on economy. Where there's a lot to do yet. Nothing approaching (even) the worked out framework of #GettingReal, for example.
https://gettingreal.org.uk/
But there's still time before the next GE.
As UK politics turns both right and left, how do we get degrowth onto the agenda?

By Mark H Burton In the series, Prospects for Degrowth The last few weeks have seen two opposing developments in British politics, both in the context of the Starmer Labour government and its failu…

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DegrowthUKMay 25, 2025
As #UKLabour flounders and talk of u-turns and leadership challenges abounds, here's a reminder that there's a ready-made lifeline:
https://gettingreal.org.uk/full-report/
#GettingReal
#UKPol
Full Report | Getting Real about the Crises Facing the UK

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Show threadDegrowthUKApr 22, 2025

@casdeiro @amturiel
Parece que el libro será un recurso importante.

https://www.planetadelibros.com/libro-el-futuro-de-europa/405585

Para nosotros sería interesante hacer una comparación con nuestro #GettingReal - se trata de esa transición en el R.U.
https://gettingreal.uk.org

Ver también https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2024/12/12/mark-burton-y-el-movimiento-getting-real-un-acuerdo-de-decrecimiento-permitiria-mejorar-la-vida-de-la-gente/

El futuro de Europa - Antonio Turiel | PlanetadeLibros

El futuro de Europa, de Antonio Turiel. Frente a la tecnofantasía, decrecer es la clave para una industria real y sostenible.

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Show threadDegrowthUKFeb 26, 2025

Our recommendation from #gettingReal

"UK defence expenditure should firstly be reduced from 2.2% of GDP to the European Union average of 1.6% (World Bank & Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, n.d.). The actual expenditure would decline further given the managed contracting scale of the economy as a whole. Moreover, the focus would shift from military expenditure to civil defence and civil works."
see https://gettingreal.org.uk/full-report/ page 40.
#warmongers

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Show threadMark BurtonJan 27, 2025
@CarbonBubble
We said the same in #GettingReal
"#Insurance is a problematic sector. At present, the market-based model of risk
pooling, that elective insurance offers, means that insurance schemes accumulate money, becoming self-interested players in the financial markets,
creating all kinds of distortions. In the future, there will be an increase both in premiums and uninsurable risks. /->cont'd.
Mark BurtonJan 3, 2025

Angela Rayner (and Jonathan Reynolds) would LOSE seat to Reform with Labour suffering huge losses if election was today, poll says - Manchester Evening News

OK it's only an opinion poll but we know that Labour's huge majority is only because the Tories (and SNP) lost many votes. Starmer got fewer votes than the PM we should have had.

Time to offer them a lifeline? Well we did that already: https://gettingreal.org.uk

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/angela-rayner-would-lose-seat-30674627

#GettingReal #UKPol

Getting Real about the Crises Facing the UK | Stop the Damage! Build a Better Future!

Britain and the rest of the world face a set of almost intractable challenges, ecological (including climate), economic and social. Yet political leaders with few exceptions are failing to propose the actions and policies that could address the scale of this pancrisis. Here though is an alternative initiative, a kind of alternative manifesto with a portfolio of illustrative policies...

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DegrowthUKDec 18, 2024
@markhburton, who coordinated the #GettingReal Initiative, was interviewed by the Spanish web journal 15-15-15.org - @revista. The interview explains the origins and development of the initiative and explores issues such as strategy and communication. It is available in English and in Spanish.
For the links, via the Getting Real site:
'An interview about Getting Real' | Getting Real about the Crises Facing the UK
https://gettingreal.org.uk/2024/12/17/an-interview-about-getting-real/
An interview about Getting Real | Getting Real about the Crises Facing the UK

Mark Burton, who coordinated the Getting Real Initiative, was interviewed by the Spanish web journal 15-15-15.org.  The

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Mark BurtonDec 14, 2024

I was interviewed by the Spanish web journal @revista
about the Getting Real initiative.
Versions in English
y en castellano:

https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2024/12/12/mark-burton-on-the-getting-real-movement-a-degrowth-settlement-would-improve-peoples-lives/

https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2024/12/12/mark-burton-y-el-movimiento-getting-real-un-acuerdo-de-decrecimiento-permitiria-mejorar-la-vida-de-la-gente/

Gracias a Elena y a @casdeiro por llevarla a cabo.

#degrowth #decrecimiento
#policy #politics #politica
#EmergencyBrake #FrenoDeEmergencia #GettingReal

Mark Burton on the Getting Real movement: «A degrowth settlement would improve people's lives»

The most comprehensive statement available on what degrowth might look like at the UK.

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Revista 15/15\15Dec 12, 2024
Mark Burton on the Getting Real movement: «A degrowth settlement would improve people’s lives» https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2024/12/12/mark-burton-on-the-getting-real-movement-a-degrowth-settlement-would-improve-peoples-lives/ #Degrowth #GettingReal #UK
Mark Burton on the Getting Real movement: «A degrowth settlement would improve people's lives»

The most comprehensive statement available on what degrowth might look like at the UK.

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LaemenPangDec 6, 2024

When you see planes on the flight line, with red tags/pins in the armaments and munitions, that is a clear sign of the #ShitJustGotReal, and other the end of this if truly fucked up. B1B can fly at supersonic speed at low altitude, and carrying #Nuclear payload, it's part of the #Triad.

Also, when all lights are ordered out, even on the flightline, shit got real. When a #Communications #Minimize is put in place, shit is getting real. #GettingReal.