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School Strike – breakthrough, or what?

17/02/2019by Clive Lord 1 Comment

15,000 in 60 cities world-wide. How many hundreds on Leeds Town Hall steps? Surely they must listen now? So why did I come away profoundly depressed? Because, like Greta Thunberg, […]

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Should I appeal to Greta Thunberg instead?

10/02/2019by Clive Lord 3 Comments

Did my blog last week receive more hits than usual because it featured people rather than ideas? I have a postal address for David Attenborough, but would approaching Greta make […]

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Monbiot, Attenborough, and Greta Thunberg

03/02/2019by Clive Lord 19 Comments

  I have just read an article by George Monbiot dismissing the Tragedy of the Commons because it is used to justify privatization. He has been misled by this specious […]

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XR conference last week – a slightly dissident view

27/01/2019by Clive Lord 2 Comments

Many found it inspiring, and I understand why, but my worst fears were confirmed. Why did the (extremely competent) facilitator of a group block all my contributions? After I withdrew […]

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XR – and David Attenborough

18/01/2019by Clive Lord Leave a comment

  Early blog. I shall be at the London XR weekend when I usually post blogs. In the Guardian on 7th November, George Monbiot said:: “David Attenborough has betrayed the […]

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More Universal Credit woes: Amelia, do something!

13/01/2019by Clive Lord Leave a comment

Yet another chapter in the dreadful UC saga, but what distresses me most is the failure of Greens to mention the basic income. Benefit sanctions should have been out of […]

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Might the neoliberals save us from eco-doom?

06/01/2019by Clive Lord Leave a comment

I start 2019 with an outrageous prediction.  It frightens me, but less so than the future if it does not happen. My clairvoyant record is mixed. I saw the 2017 […]

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Clive Lord

Clive Lord

Clive Lord joined the embryonic Green Party in March 1973, 5 months after its formation. Now 83, he is the longest serving member still active, and has recently published his book 'Citizens' Income and Green Economics'. He was major contributor to the Party's first ' Manifesto for a Sustainable Society', drafting the section outlining the crucial link between social justice and preserving the planet's life support systems, He has consistently advocated the Citizens' Basic Income as having a key role, until someone thinks of a better idea (44 years and still waiting).

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