The return of the Parlimentary Labour Party

I started this blog as a way of addressing my personal dis-connection with the Labour Party that had developed over the last 5 or so years. I was a keen Labour activist for many years, however like many people I lost faith with the Labour leadership over the Iraq war. However it was not just [...]

Feed-in Tariffs – Come on no half measures

In the government’s recent move to a more positive environmental attitude it is disappointing that the eventual amendment to the Energy Bill to allow Feed-in tariffs was so weak .
Feed-in tariffs are absolutely essential to encourage individuals and communities to get involved in generating renewable energy and selling this back to the national grid. Feed-in [...]

Green New Deal – a white paper for a green economy

This week the Independent on Sunday reported that the government plans publish a white paper in the new year laying out plans for a major green programme of investment to create jobs and support Britain to climb out of recession. Included in these proposals will be investment to; expand renewable energy, and the development of [...]

Gordon Brown – well done!

Well what a difference a month makes, I have been not able to post to Work of Change for the last month as I have been working on other projects, but what a turn about:

A global economic melt down
An economic recovery package for the banks

Labour in government has handled this well, although if ever this [...]

Labour in government is failing to prepare the UK for sustainable global economy.

There was further evidence of the failure of the Labour in government in preparing the UK for a positive role in the economy of a sustainable future world.
Ernst Young’s Renewable Energy Attractiveness Indices published on the 19th August said:

China displaced the UK in the top five most attractive countries for investment in renewable energy for [...]

Yer, but no, but – Labour in Government and the environment.

I have been reviewing the positions of the major UK political parties with regard to their positions on Climate Change and sustainability. So far I have looked at the Lib Dems, Plaid Cymru, and in my last post I considered the Tory position. In this post I want to discuss Labour in government.
The first thing [...]

Political affiliation heart and head

As I have said before, this blog is, in essence, for me a personal journey.
My political life has always been very important to me, however over the last 7 or 8 years I have grumpily disengaged from the political process, however alongside this I have engaged ever more, in community and lobbying activities around social [...]

August Mori poll, public priorities, and sustainability.

I was reading the IPsos Mori’s August Political Monitor this evening and alongside the apparent hopelessness of the current position for the Labour administration (facing a 24% Conservative lead), what concerned me was information about:

The issues that people say will be very important in helping them decide which party to vote for at the next [...]