tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856551099141296693.post196574521414938643..comments2023-11-15T01:49:12.477+00:00Comments on Alan Mackenzie Photography: Brighton - Global Climate Strike - September 20th 2019Alan MacKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16667377534438807166noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856551099141296693.post-26962017498099346312019-09-20T22:02:23.704+01:002019-09-20T22:02:23.704+01:00Hello, thank you for your comment. Your argument h...Hello, thank you for your comment. Your argument hinges on the assumption that we have just two choices: staying in the EU or crashing out straight into bad trade deals with the USA, both under a Conservative government. Have you read the linked article by Jonathan Cook? If you had, you would have understood that there is a third option of a soft Brexit under Labour, keeping close ties with Europe, but one in which the chains of global neoliberalism are loosened, enabling the UK to develop economic systems, which don't depend on mass consumption and unlimited growth. See, it's one thing having environmental regulations, but they are rendered ineffective by mass consumption of resources. We in the EU are quite good at keeping our immediate environment clean, but that's because our waste ends up getting dumped in poor countries instead. I don't mean to pick on the EU over any other brand of turbocharged capitalism, but each and every flavour will cause our extinction. So, Brexit has greater bearing on the environment than is first apparent. To avoid confusing other readers, I have quoted further from Jonathan Cook's article, regarding a soft Brexit freeing the UK from dependency on unlimited economic growth.Alan MacKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667377534438807166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856551099141296693.post-66736858357047241082019-09-20T21:18:34.636+01:002019-09-20T21:18:34.636+01:00Sorry, just one point. Brexit or not has a little ...Sorry, just one point. Brexit or not has a little more importance re the environment! Greta has persuaded the EU to spend a quarter of their budget fighting climate change vs the complete climited denial of the US (or, rather, Trump!). Altho there are many problems with the EU &, yes, capitalism needs to be addressed wherever we are, environmentally, we would be far better off (incl environmental regulations already in place) in the EU vs slave of the US! XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com