People think that it won't achieve anything because it never makes the news.
10000 students marched in London in the week, the focus was on 11 arrests not the aims of the March. Occupy staged a demo at Downing Street on Friday and over the weekend. No coverage.

It's a shocking state of affairs when one has to rely on Russia Today to find out what's going on in the UK.

Same with the Greens not being allowed on the election debates. It's because they have different ideas from the austerity narrative of the others.
What are they scared of? What are they trying to hide?

Who cares what the Greens think? Green issues were in vogue 10-20 years ago, global warming, the greenhouse effect etc, but no-one gives a stuff about that anymore.

People care about the economy, the NHS and immigration

Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah

I own two houses in London what's the problem? I rent both out at below market prices to people I trust.

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The problem with housebuilding is it's not a vote winner. It's a long term policy and people only think of the here and now, plus no-one wants big housing developments built near them, we're all nimbys....

I like idea of the conservatives new Garden City in Ebbsfleet

Paua oouaarancì Irà chiyeah Ishé galé ma ba oo ah

I disagree, 10-20 years ago recycling looked like a fad and the idea of any kind of environmental tax would have looked like Freak power. Green issues have simply transferred from the fringes into the mainstream.

Concern about the Ecconomy, NHS and Immigration are largely irrelivent, simply because the first isn't under the governments capacity to really control, the second is a smokescreen* and the third isn't actually as bigger problem as people like to think (it is a problem, but its also a reason why the first issue could be a lot worse than it is - immigration is profitable to the economy of the UK).

* By smokescreen - None of the three main parties would ever privitise the NHS based on their current and projected political position (the Conservatives, arguably the most likely to consider it, would need to have a landslide victory to make major changes to the NHS). Too many conservatives would likely rebel.

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I broadly agree with a lot of what you say mate. Just a couple of points I'd pick up on.

I don't think building houses is necessarily the solution, because all you are doing is temporarily satisfying what looks to be an insatiable demand to live in London, both nationally and globally. That's all tied in with the fact that 80% of jobs under the coalition have been created in London, while the key elements of our economy, the financial and service sectors, are based in the Capital. Housing has actually now become a third prong to which financial sectors are propping up our faltering economy, and the relatively stable inflation of house prices means invested capital in housing in Central London is a big money-spinner, hence why we are seeing, as in the video I posted, foreign investment schemes buying up large estates and tripling rent.

But other than widescale devolution of power from London, what else is there to do? Because the institutions people like the E15 mums and the New Era estate are facing are unaccountable they have no obligation not to maximise profit to the detriment of long-standing social groups. So really there are only two routes I can see: you can have government intervention, which looks pretty unlikely, albeit Labour are claiming they will intervene to help first-time buyers if they win in 2015 which is a very small step in the right direction. Alternatively you need grassroots social action like these two examples to bring these organisations in to the lense of public scrutiny. They have done that, and in the case of the E15 mums, they've won.

Just one other point, given that this thread has been slightly de-railed by arguments about the Greens, one thing I do think could help devolution from London would be the £10 obligatory minimum wage they are proposing. Given that in London by 2020, if inflation continues on its trends, £10 will probably be below the London Living Wage (it's about £9.15 now). But outside London it will still be significantly more than the Living wage, therefore standards of living will be higher. All hypothetical, but a thought.

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