Beyond the picture postcard: Cornwall’s future in the UK
This blog introduces an eclectic mix of new ideas and thinking about Cornwall’s future in the UK. It looks at the inequality of power and wealth between Cornwall and the South East, the fiscal stranglehold on further devolution of power, and the need for a new neighbourhood democracy to empower local people. Looming over all these issues is the existential threat to our future posed by the climate and nature emergency; one which will profoundly reshape every aspect of our lives and those of our children.
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rising food poverty and the threat of ecosystem collapse
This is an open public letter which has been sent to MP Jayne Kirkham. It draws on the recent government report on what the threat of ecosystem collapse poses for… Read more ⇢
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Finding the money
There is a myth that the government simply does not have the money to address the climate and nature emergency. It is constrained (so the argument goes) by the need… Read more ⇢
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Case study for Cornwall: a transition pathway for energy systems and natural resource use
Some of you may know Tamsyn Widdon, an ex Green councillor who has kindly allowed me to publish a short piece of work ‘Cornwall pathway to a just transition’. The… Read more ⇢
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Report on implications of climate and nature collapse for the UK
A recently released report lays out in stark terms the devastating consequences of climate and ecosystem collapse for the UK. It was written by the Joint Intelligence Committee (which brings together… Read more ⇢
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ONS consultation
Whether you identify as Cornish or not, there is a good argument for Cornwall and Cornish ethnicity to figure more prominently in ONS Census. Why? Because too often challenges to… Read more ⇢
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We need a new economic model for Cornwall
How do we address poverty in Cornwall when we are working within an economic system based on wealth extraction and impoverishment? This is the question Cornwall Independent Poverty Forum put… Read more ⇢
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Challenging Financial Myths that limit Climate Action
The problem is ‘learned helplessness’; the widely adopted but false belief that financial constraints on government spending severely limit action on climate change. From the top echelons of the civil… Read more ⇢
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Proposal for a Cornwall citizens assembly
In July this year, Cornwall Council backed a motion calling on the Government to formally recognise Cornwall as the fifth nation of the United Kingdom, alongside England, Scotland, Wales and… Read more ⇢
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