Monday 12 September 2011

 

Hi. My name is Peter.  

You have the solution to many of the problems we are experiencing in society in Britain today.

Yes, you really do. So do your relatives; your neighbours; your friends and your work colleagues.

Listen carefully to the various comments on TV and the Internet.

Listen to the radio.

Respect, consider and value the beliefs of others.

Listen to the elderly, especially. They have so much to give. Value their experience.

Listen to the youth who have to live in the society we have created.


Listen to those who are employed AND listen to those who are unemployed.

Think about the younger children amongst us, and the children yet to be born …and think about their future.


We are ALL thinking and saying the same things over and over again.

What this demonstrates is that we are all looking for a common solution …and the solution is unbelievably simple!

It took us, or rather ‘society’ a long time to arrive at the position we are in.

Without doubt the solution will take a similar amount of time to deliver and will require commitment on a national scale.

However we, as a seriously damaged society/country can indeed ‘make the change’. 

Given the scale of the problems we are encountering the solution is, unbelievably, right in front of us. 

How can this be?

Well, the wherewithal to acheive a truly cohesive society is what we are ALL seeking, regardless of  so-called 'class', yet that wherewithal ...is well within our grasp.

However, what is clearly missing is a conduit through which this wherewithal can be directed on a national scale. The only way I believe this can be done is through a dynamic vision that engages and fortifies the wherewithal within us to successfully respond to the vast challenges before us; a vision that binds us all together for decades to come. 

A vision so compelling that it has the potential to take into account the concerns and aspirations of most decent minded people; to improve the quality of life for the elderly amongst us ...to support those employed in either the public or private sectors; ...encourage the innovators and the unemployed collectively; celebrate married, or single, or gay, or religious (or not).

Disabled individuals would attain equality in the workplace; at home and within the community - especially those injured in conflict with other countries.

Business would prosper;  immigrants would be welcomed; Politics wil change ...and yes - even millionaires would benefit.

In other words: ALL OF US. 

I do not have wealth - but I envy those who do. However, I do have good health and a loving family. I believe that that is the basis of a happy life regardless of 'financial status'. 

So ...I have two questions for you: 

How does it help the people of the UK that, if we are affluent we are automatically perceived by the 'less well off' as 'greedy moneygrabbers'?

Conversely, how is it right that if receiving benefits we are generalised as 'scroungers' by a large proportion of our population?

We all wish to live in a functioning society, but to do so we need a vision that excites and enthuses us all. A vision that incorporates the aspirations of the entire population and eliminates selfishness and disrepect - from ALL aspects of society. 

Changing Britain is a vision that will produce...

  • a thriving, broad-based participatory economy; 
  • a UK which consists of a safe, just, profitable, caring and respectful society;
  • very high levels of employment;
  • a people-orientated housing philosophy - with a variety of ownership/quality rental choices available;
  • extremely low levels of crime;
  • a new political environment which delivers (rather than limits) the long-term aspirations of the UK population.

In other words, 'Changing Britain' is a vision based on the need for a genuine, long standing commitment from the people of the UK.

This will, over time finally deliver a democratically elected natural party of Government. 

Gone will be the confrontational two-party politics we have endured for so long.

Strangely, astronomical 'black holes' are often used by the opposition of the day to describe the catastrophic depth to which missing and/or unexplained Governmental financial deficits have fallen. A direct consequence of the Changing Britain vision will be to re-align this analogy in a far more positive manner.

The Changing Britain vision will create a black hole at the centre of politics that will effortlessly attract support from the left, middle and right - but not the extreme left or right of political persuasion.

Also, a 'self-interest culture' has been quoted as being responsible for bringing the UK economy and society to its parlous state today.

Paradoxically, the Changing Britain vision will adopt the concept of 'self interest', seeking to convert it into a tremendously positive aspect of society.

A responsible, societal 'self interest' that delivers social cohesion, exceptional levels of economic growth and - above all - an individual sense of mutual respect for the self interest of others is at the heart of the Changing Britain vision. 

Instead of a society riven with 'us' and 'them', 'rich' and 'poor', 'public' and 'private', 'young' and 'old', 'married' and 'unmarried', 'employed' and 'unemployed', 'black' and 'white', 'religious' or 'not' ...the Changing Britain vision will encourage an inclusive approach to everything we all do - including 'making money'.

Just for a moment imagine a society that supports and celebrates innovation. A society which delights in the aspiration of an individual to succeed. A society that in return demands a correspondingly powerful socially responsibility from the innovators.

In other words, having experienced the generational outcomes produced by the two conflicting and damaging elements of politics since the middle of the last century - socialism and capitalism - I am proposing that the population of the UK moves into the next, logical phase in the process; the evolution of Capitalism. 

I've given this next exciting phase the preliminary title of 'Century 21 Foundation Economics' and guess what? Ideas and comments from people everywhere across the Internet are leading toward the Changing Britain vision without any one individual being in a position to claim it as their own. This is because the central thread that has the potential to turn our depressing, downtrodden psyche of gloom & doom on its head, cement each idea, solution and yearning together has yet to be mentioned ...and I know what it is.

I am no-one 'special'. I am just an average person having the same concerns as you.

Like you, I wish that someone, somewhere would do something to change the course that we are on ...and the result is the Changing Britain vision.

Within the context of the Changing Britain vision the future of this country is VERY exciting. Better still, what we do over the coming years will prove to be an inspiration for the rest of the world.

Once again, we WILL lead the world.

In these challenging times I acknowledge that the concept of 'changing Britain' it is difficult to comprehend. 

We live in a democracy and we don't expect change to occur overnight as a result of our singular protestations relating to a single issue. Results take time and effort before politicians take note. Hopefully, in due course change  is effected that responds to these 'single issues'.


This is not what the Changing Britain vision is seeking to address.  It is absolutely clear that we have arrived at this precarious situation because of our collective personal, local, regional, national and global reliance on the current economic model : Free Market Capitalism.


Consequentially, because of the perceived 'power' afforded toward individuals and organisations which (until recently) had benefited from unhindered financial scrutiny (at whatever level) it has become abundantly clear that all aspects of recent multi-national decline in socio-economic conditions are linked to the failure of free-market economics.


So, there is the need for something new. Something that respects the past and looks to the future with confidence. 

Something that supports and strengthens the personal aspiration of the individual whilst demanding an ongoing demonstration of their responsibility to Society. 

The Changing Britain vision will demonstrate collective economic and morally engaging leadership specifically designed to create a brighter, more content future for the people of the UK ...and any other countries which choose to follow our lead.

Wow! 


So what is this amazing vision? How can it be acheived? When do we begin?

Before I shed light on what I believe to be a fantastic future vision for the UK, I need to know what you think. What you think the future should hold for each of us, the elderly, our children ...and generations to come. 

For now, all I will say is that the Changing Britain vision will ensure that in the future there will be no confrontational politics. No 'us and them'. No harmful riots or revolution.  

And no, I am not talking about Communism, joining China, starting a new religion, joining an existing religion or even declaring war.

Keep looking across the Internet for the 'Changing Britain Vision'.

Please get involved. Leave your comments below and feel free to comment regularly.

Whatever date you visit this blog could be the moment your support begins to help turn Britain around. 

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