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Participating In Democracy

It has suddenly dawned on me! We have a Parliament. In that parliament are a bunch of our employees. The ones I’m talking about are the MPs. What we do as a population is give them a job. But we do not behave as bosses. Most of us sit and complain or cheer at what [...]

BBC Moderation

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Rahere- To all of you who still follow the BBC blog: Look at this and spread it all over the Beeb’s blogs. Rahere

Richard D. Wolff on Obama's Stimulus

Wolff: “Stimulus won’t succeed if the structural changes that lowered wages are not addressed”… a view on the changing relationship between capital and labour.

Banking Bonuses- a plain speaking guide (long post)

An insiders view of the current bonus controversy. Cut and pasted from elsewhere online and deserving of a crystal mark from the Plain English Society- The whole bonus thing is not at all straight forward and the right and wrongs of it can not be generalised as “no-one should get one”. As another user pointed [...]

Environmental Issues

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Coral Bloom- Modern governments and businesses do not use Full Cost Accounting Techniques. This must be implemented across all sectors. Regardless of your personal views on Global Warming, there is not one single reason why you or an organisation should trash planet earth. You would [...]

Failure of Globalisation

First posted in the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Coral Bloom- Failure of Globalisation There are many, many issues and I feel I lack any kind of real in-depth of knowledge as to their causes and therefore their remedy. The complexity merits a level of expertise which I lack. However, after much thought and [...]

Apathy and Disconnect

First posted in the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Coral Bloom- We have the society we allowed ourselves, unfortunately. 1. Reality TV is the opium of the masses. It used to be the church, but not now. 2. Anyone on the recieving end is viewed with disdain or a criminal taint – the unemployed [...]

Ethical Proposals

This area is where ethical proposals should be discussed.

Other Lobbying

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Coral Bloom- I don’t know if this will matter to anyone, but it seems John Prescott has launched a campaign against the bank bonus payments. His website hasn’t come through via Google yet, but according to the lunchtime news, it has been launched somewhere.

NOT WITH MY MONEY

First posted on the original Lobby Group blog by contributor Wharfgirl- If this is a Lobby Group, doesn’t it need to have campaigns and take actions? Surely there is something we can do about the obscenity of banks paying bonuses with money our kids and grandkids will have to pay in taxes. So what if [...]

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