When he became Prime Minister, Gordon Brown promised to reform our democracy. He said he'd listen. He said he'd learn. But he didn't act.
Over 2 years have passed since then and a few moments ago the PM finally promised a referendum on electoral reform - but not until after the next election. This is not enough.
Our democracy needs change. I know that you've already submitted your ideas to the POWER2010 campaign - you've already played an important role. But I need your help to spread the word. You can invite your friends to take part here:
http://power2010.org.uk/invite
Maurice - our movement just became all the more important. Today the Prime Minister had the opportunity to commit to real change, but he failed to do so. Delivering change now rests on each of our shoulders rather than his.
Together we can change our politics. But we need your help. Please invite your friends to tell us their ideas for change - it should only take you a minute or two.
http://power2010.org.uk/invite
The challenge has been thrown down - it's up to each of us to meet it.
Best wishes,
Pam Giddy
Director, POWER2010.
I justify this as relevant for this blog, because this is simply about ordinary folks' opportunities to participate in democracy, and if you like you can think of any particularly aspie ways it needs making easier to participate. Like maybe? Stronger ways of forcing committal answers out of them when you write to them, and avoid the need to struggle to to go to their "surgeries" and speak to them?
The idea I have submitted, is an automatic right that any person's knowledge about any ill-treatment that goes on as a result of regularly applied practices, that is not already wide public knowledge, to be published on a wide circulation scale. The stength of this idea is, it can be demanded not just proposed, because the state is seen to commit illegal vulnerable adult abuse if it refuses to actually implement this idea! Many of the unrealised wrongs that could then be publicised are aspie specific.
Maurice Frank
Over 2 years have passed since then and a few moments ago the PM finally promised a referendum on electoral reform - but not until after the next election. This is not enough.
Our democracy needs change. I know that you've already submitted your ideas to the POWER2010 campaign - you've already played an important role. But I need your help to spread the word. You can invite your friends to take part here:
http://power2010.org.uk/invite
Maurice - our movement just became all the more important. Today the Prime Minister had the opportunity to commit to real change, but he failed to do so. Delivering change now rests on each of our shoulders rather than his.
Together we can change our politics. But we need your help. Please invite your friends to tell us their ideas for change - it should only take you a minute or two.
http://power2010.org.uk/invite
The challenge has been thrown down - it's up to each of us to meet it.
Best wishes,
Pam Giddy
Director, POWER2010.
I justify this as relevant for this blog, because this is simply about ordinary folks' opportunities to participate in democracy, and if you like you can think of any particularly aspie ways it needs making easier to participate. Like maybe? Stronger ways of forcing committal answers out of them when you write to them, and avoid the need to struggle to to go to their "surgeries" and speak to them?
The idea I have submitted, is an automatic right that any person's knowledge about any ill-treatment that goes on as a result of regularly applied practices, that is not already wide public knowledge, to be published on a wide circulation scale. The stength of this idea is, it can be demanded not just proposed, because the state is seen to commit illegal vulnerable adult abuse if it refuses to actually implement this idea! Many of the unrealised wrongs that could then be publicised are aspie specific.
Maurice Frank
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