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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The £100 billion price tag for nationalising water
The controversy surrounding the nationalisation of water bubbles on. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) estimates that taking the industry into public ownership would cost around £100… Read more ⇢
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We need to build an Ark for Cornwall
In a previous blog post I referred to an important government report that warns we are heading in the direction of ecosystem collapse in the UK and abroad. It is… Read more ⇢
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Debunking Myths: UK Government Funding and Cornwall
We are in the middle of a public funding crisis which is likely to get worse as a result of the war in Iran. We will also see a new… Read more ⇢
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Government Deficits: Myths and Realities in the Sectoral Balance Framework
The most basic rule of accounting is that one person’s spending equals another person’s income. If I lend ten pounds to you, then I am ten pounds poorer while you… Read more ⇢
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Local Control Over Cornwall’s Economic Future
This really follows on from an earlier blog exploring a new economic model for Cornwall. We have written a response to cllr Tim Dwelly’s letter – see below. Our letter… Read more ⇢
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The Self-Financing State
An Institutional Analysis of Government Expenditure, Revenue Collection and Debt Issuance Operations in the United Kingdom This definitive article written by a team of economic experts describes the complex process… Read more ⇢
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Reviving Public Engagement in Cornwall
Recently Cornwall Council voiced concern over the lack of public engagement to normal modes of consultation. Some say that the way Cornwall Council engages with residents is “broken” after an estimate that… Read more ⇢
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rising food poverty and the threat of ecosystem collapse
This post is written from the perspective of those living in Cornwall UK Post has since been updated following a reply from Jayne Kirkham MP This is an open public… 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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