Do Something About It

[David Mc]

Rather than attaching this onto the end of every post where someone feels annoyed by the state of things, I thought I'd leave it here and let people look if they're interested.

http://www.dosomethingaboutit.org.uk/

Launched just yesterday but already getting coverage in the national press (see the "Newsfeed" link).

[Huguenot]

I can see the point.

George Monbiot put it eloquently

[charliecharlie]

thanks, interesting

[????]

but one of lifes great joys is moaning about something like buggery and doing nothing about it

[SeanMacGabhann]

did you MEAN to phrase it that way quids? It's every person's right to say no to something they aren't comfortable with ;-)

[Brendan]

But things like buggery don?t seem to be on their agenda.

[????]

"moan like buggery about something" :-$

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

'Salright Quids, we can always rely on you to give it to us straight.

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[citizenED]

Monbiot is usually pretty sharp on political issues. Try his website, monbiot.com

*Bob*, which one is your number?

[*Bob*]

Not so sharp on his website maintenance.

[*Bob*]

'Monbiot', I presume?

[Marmora Man]

THis is surely another political pressure group. I have no problem with that - I'm a member of a couple of such groups myself. However, the manifesto:

* lay the foundations for a diverse economy, less dependent on the demands of the financial sector

* invest in green industries and energy production, as well as the skills needed for them to flourish

* recognise that extreme inequalities between the very richest and the rest are socially unsustainable

* commit to a fairer society, in which social enterprise and initiative are not stifled by lack of time and resources

reads like a student Socialist Worker agenda - not an apolitical organisation of concerned citizens.

As a matter of principle if George Monbiot supports something I will start from a position of opposition and look carefully before leaping.

[Jah Lush]

Anything to shake up this country's peoples off of it's apathetic political arse is very positive. We've taken far too much crap for too long as fat cats line their pockets awarding themselves for failure.

I know I'm sounding a bit like Rik from the Young Ones or Citizen Smith but I've had enough of watching and doing nothing as this country goes to the dogs so I'm all for it.

[bigbadwolf]

I defianatly agree with point number two concerning green power.