Under current laws, inheritance tax affects 640,000
households, but Labour's proposed Lifetime Gifts Tax (LGT) would affect
up to 10 million homes.
Though the Land Justice Network Facebook page
denied it - it was indeed true...
LJN, George Monbiot and the Labour party teamed up last year to write a
Labour policy to tax almost all inherited homes rather than just the most
expensive.
The result was a sneaky move in 'Land For The Many' which would force
millions of children out of homes if their parents die
https://landforthemany.uk/summary-of-recommendations/
Labour tax plan ‘could stop parents passing on homes to
kids’
https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/01/labour-tax-plan-stop-parents-passing-homes-kids-10095642/
If you think inheritance tax is hated now, wait until Labour tries
to bring in a lifetime gift tax with a £125,000 limit
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/comment/article-7233637/Labours-threat-inheritance-125k-lifetime-gift-tax.html
This is just one contradiction in land campaign policy emerging as
'mogadon' Starmer looks set to hand Boris a decade in power.
BTW here's why Corbyn lost and no it wasn't the media IMO
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/475891-corbyn-general-election-destroyed/
Now some on the 'left' have even turned on
filmmaker Michael Moore's
Planet of the Humans for exposing the massive investment nightmare
taking over renewables, every bit as bad as the fossil fuel lobby
- basically saying the same money is just shifting to greenwash
you can watch PotH here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk11vI-7czE and download it as an mp4
to watch/edit using this tool
https://youtube-video.download
Apoplexy is the order of the day among ‘green’ energy zealots
following the release of Mike Moore’s ‘Planet of The Humans’.
In the military they call it “blue on blue”, although when the hard left
are pulling the trigger it’s more aptly described as “green on
green”.
But the documentary backed by Moore isn’t so much ‘friendly fire’, as an
all-out assault on the billionaire hypocrites who whipped up fear and
frenzy over changes in the weather and then, as if by magic, produced the
notional ‘solution’ to the calamity in the form of heavily subsidised
wind, solar and forest-munching biomass. A ‘’solution’ which, of course,
they are all heavily invested in.
https://stopthesethings.com/2020/04/25/blood-gore-mike-moores-planet-of-the-humans-unmasks-the-power-money-behind-renewables-scam/
How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the
far right?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/may/07/michael-moore-far-right-climate-crisis-deniers-film-environment-falsehoods
Our founder, George Monbiot has used his Guardian column to condemn
the film, accusing Michael Moore of being in league with the far right,
yeah right, there has been no actual debate whatever
But possibly the most important discussion is about population - as so
called environmentalist Prince Charles appears to insist that three
quarters of the world's population drops dead for his
convenience
Prince Charles warns that we will need 'four planets like earth to
survive' as we just 'take and take' and urges companies to focus on the
'green recovery' following coronavirus
The Prince of Wales spoke via recorded message from Balmoral,
Aberdeenshire
He stated that at current rate we would need 'four planets like earth to
survive'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8757107/Prince-Charles-warns-need-four-planets-like-earth-survive.html
Philip at a Nazi funeral and the day his sister had lunch with Hitler:
TV documentary reopens painful chapter of duke's family past
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3167585/Philip-Nazi-funeral-day-sister-lunch-Hitler-TV-documentary-reopens-painful-chapter-duke-s-family-past.html
Okay, I'll wind up this, my call to debate, with this recent article
about food and population on Medium - (below)
If anyone else would like to help organise these sorts of socially
distanced debate events do please let me know
with love
Tony Gosling
www.thisweek.org.uk
www.bilderberg.org/PI
www.911forum.org.uk
07786 952037
Environmental Justice or Eugenics? Prince Charles Says We Must Reduce
World Population By Three Quarters
http://tlio.org.uk/environmental-justice-or-eugenics-prince-charles-says-we-must-reduce-world-population-by-three-quarters/
We produce enough food to feed 10 billion people. So why does
hunger still exist?
Jeremy Erdman
Feb 2, 2018 · 4 min read
https://medium.com/@jeremyerdman/we-produce-enough-food-to-feed-10-billion-people-so-why-does-hunger-still-exist-8086d2657539
This is the second article of seventeen exploring the challenges of each
of the United Nation’s Seventeen Sustainable Development Goals.
Today, 795 million people are hungry. Another 2 billion are expected to
join them by 2050.
However, global food production is incredibly efficient. The world’s
farmers produce enough food to feed 1.5x the global population. That’s
enough to feed 10 billion (we are at 7.6 billion currently).
Despite this excess, hunger still exists.
How is that possible?
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and
promote sustainable agriculture
Our inability to feed the entirety of the world’s population is mostly
due to food waste. Globally, 30–40% of all food is wasted.
In less developed countries, this waste is due to lack of infrastructure
and knowledge to keep food fresh. For example, India loses 30–40% of its
produce because retail and wholesalers lack cold storage.
In more developed countries, the lower relative cost of food reduces the
incentive to waste. And as portion size grows, more and more food gets
thrown out and wasted.
Our food distribution system is inefficient. But this inefficiency won’t
drive 2 billion more people into hunger by 2050.
Climate change will.
Change in potential average yields for corn, potatoes, rice, and wheat in
2050
Climate change will reshape the world’s agricultural landscape. Colder
climates will become more favorable to agriculture, but many current
agriculture powerhouses will see significant declines in yield.
The most notably impacted:
The US’s Midwest region will see at least a 20% decline in corn
production.
Brazil will see a 16% drop in corn production.
Indonesia will see a 20% drop in corn production
To safeguard against these changes, farmers will need to both modernize
agricultural methods and diversify their fields.
In terms of outcomes, modernizing methods falls into the same bucket as
updating food infrastructure. Both require investment and knowledge to
improve yield and food availability.
But diversifying fields? That incorporates more crops and methods into
agricultural processes. And, ultimately, it can reinvent agriculture
itself.
Diversifying and Decentralizing Agriculture
Diversifying our crops is paramount to our health. According to the UN,
75% of crop biodiversity has disappeared since the 1900s. Agricultural
biodiversity contributes to more nutritious diets and builds more
resilient and sustainable farming systems.
However, another necessary component to building resilient and
sustainable farming systems is to reduce risk. Climate change-induced
impacts will rock many agricultural hubs. To minimize these impacts on
food availability, we need to decentralize its production.
And urban agriculture is a great place to start.
Urban agriculture incorporates producing healthy food into an environment
long detached from its food production.
Let’s use City Fruit, a nonprofit in Seattle, as an example.
Seattle has an abundance of fruit trees throughout its neighborhoods and
parks. Every year, much of this fruit falls, rots, and wastes. City Fruit
saw a need and began diverting this fruit to communities lacking healthy
food access.
In just a few years, City Fruit began harvesting over 55,000 pounds of
fruit. This amount of fruit not just feeds thousands, but nourishes them
as well. It makes use of local resources, and as a result, improves
community resiliency.
To end hunger, we need to replicate these types of stories across the
globe. We need to identify communities’ abundant local resources,
strengthen them, and utilize them to improve food access to those who
need it most.
Yes, it will be challenging.
And yes, it will require innovation.
But I’m excited to see what the world creates.