Barry Edwards

Council and parliamentary candidate

Sensible Stable Society

Socially sustainable

Environmentally rational

Economically stable

Within a Social Environmental Economics – Reconomics or Circular Economy, you can SEE a wonderful people-environment fit, where we can all have Quality of Life – QOL.

Well, this type of balanced sustainability future-proofs life by removing economic risk which leads to a strong, stable society, making us all better-off.

I wish that every time economic grow is mentioned by anyone, that we all consider a simple calculation. It is simple mathematics and the sums are not that hard. Its simple, a 1% population growth means that society means to doubling everything in society every 70 years to maintain the same standard of living. It would mean you need twice the hospitals, twice the schools, twice the housing, twice the jobs and twice the sewage works and if that growth increased to only 2%, then that doubling of everything would be 35 years and if that growth is just 7% that doubling is in just 10 years. This is completely unsustainable, but that’s the nonsense you are being sold. We simply cannot not get out of any problem, by increasing the problem.

So, it makes absolutely no sense to keep talking about economic growth as the means to a better quality of life because using that notion as route to success, does the complete opposite of what you want and just uses up all of your valuable resources quicker. That means advocating growth in any form, on its own is just irresponsible, but coupled to the consequences of ever-increasing pollution levels, is just foolishness.

So, any political party or organisations promoting growth are part of the problem, increasing the scale of the economic disaster for future generations. I wish every person would remember this fact about growth every time that some irrational politician suggests growth as the answer to any of society’s problems because it’s just making the problems worse.

So, why does sustainability work better? Because it has a vision for a better future where:

  • People work in harmony with our surroundings, so we live within our means, producing stability.
  • Society’s material needs are met without costing the Earth.
  • Prosperity can only be reliably delivered through Reconomics, where nothing is discarded, so we all have more.
  • Quality of life is not driven by consumption; it’s about having the resources available for each of us to meet our challenges.
  • And democracy means answering to you – not representing members, big business, or any vested interests above the needs of society, but always embodying peoples’ views and supporting all lives.

The Conservative, Labour, Lib Dems & SNP have been committed to economic growth for the past 50 years and despite the evidence still are, therefore they all have always failed on their promises and frankly the people of this country are fed up with it. Changing away from the old confrontational ways towards a new inclusive and totally democratic vision of politics is crucial – unfortunately people don’t realise how much power they really have!!

Currently there is no accountability – politicians think once they’re in power they can do whatever they want. Fundamentally the democratic system needs to move on – to liberty, safety, progress and stability – to a place where the people decide. The most important thing I have learnt from my experience in politics is that people make far better choices about their own lives than politicians. So, you do have a choice…

Metaphorically by just stepping off the plank, you remove them

No if, or buts, politicians have been ignoring the “will of the people” for years, but if enough people in your community vote in enough numbers, you will actually get rid of these untrustworthy politicians. There is finally another way, just step away from all that misinformation and vote for sustainability and things will finally start to change in your favour.

We want a wonderful stable country and a beautiful world, where people make decisions and the politicians are there to help realise those choices.

THE CHANGE STARTS HERE, Sustainability works because

  • Sustainability will – Champion Honesty & Integrity
  • Sustainability will – Support Community and Public Services
  • Sustainability will – Deliver Stable Economic Success
  • Sustainability will – Protect the Environment in which you Live
  • Sustainability will – Promoting free enterprise and resource balance
  • Sustainability will – Put You and Your Children First

So, what else do we need to fix our broken democracy:

There is something not quite right when you get millions of votes and no seats, clearly we need proportional representation (PR) to correctly respect/represent the votes cast by voters; that they should reflect the number of seats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional_representation


Who Broke Britain?

Conservatives, Labour

Lib Dem, & SNP.

Sustainability will fix it.

Fairer sustainable communities.

More resource security.

Quality of Life.

A fairer society, respect for people.

More friendly society.

Healthy Environment.

To do no harm to the world, respects the planet.

More beautiful world.

Stable Economy.

No more boom and bust, respect for financial needs.

More money in your pocket.

Upcoming General Election

I intend to support a sensible Social, Environmental and Economic balance.

A good life for all.

In 2024, we have a new Blairite Labour that has become the party furthest right, the Conservatives have proven themselves to be more focused on themselves than the crucial tasks at hand. The LibDems are still getting nowhere and the socialists have hijacked the Green Party.

Whilst there are some representatives of these parties who in isolation may have some strong and noble ideas, the truth is, that the aforementioned parties don’t have a clue how to provide sustainability. It appears they are too busy arguing with themselves, rather than finding a cohesive or successful plan designed to generally improve people’s lives.

To have any chance of choosing a better future, you have to reject false promises, identify facts and determine what is real. I don’t know about you, but I am fed up sailing in this ship of fools. For the past 40 years, successive political parties have failed in creating a fair or even happy country. All politicians are to blame but soon, in this election, you have a chance for a fresh start and a proper focus on the truth. So, you don’t get fooled again.

Reforming opportunities in Britain, by using Standards, makes everything better.

Cost of living - Buying British, supporting food security, and choosing self-sufficiency in energy - solar, wind, water, etc.- reduce prices. Putting UK business first.

Access to services has been slashed due to the level of demand. NHS, utilities, insurance, and housing (air development) are available. So why don’t we put the elderly, women and children first?

Law and Order - We can stop violence, such as knife crime and theft, simply by having more police focused on catching criminals.

Women’s rights – Of course, there should be equality for everyone, but there should be no confusion that biological sex is respected everywhere in society.

Migration should be managed. Increasing the population makes us all poorer. The provision of public services has not improved. As a result, UK citizens, together with growing numbers of migrants, are all forced to struggle for the same GP appointments, NHS waiting lists, school places, reduced housing supply, and soaring prices. We had a stable population from 1968 to 1998, thirty years of increasing living standards. Why not just manage society, the environment, and economics to benefit the UK and the national interest? This competition for services is in no one’s interest and is caused by too many people and insufficient utilities.

FIND IT & FIX IT

Careful spending, reducing demand, having British/International standards and delivering good management can solve anything. As a Management Consultant and Chartered Environmentalist, there is only one rational choice: the UK needs Reform.