Erase and Rewind – Governance Policy
We could even reasonably wonder if policy hadn’t been enacted for the last 40 years, would the country be better or worse off in terms of quality of life.
Creating a Transport Revolution
I remember someone telling me that speed limits should be relaxed so that people could get to their work quicker. His reasoning was people would be more productive.
New Recruits and Ranties
The founders of Rise are not big names in politics and nor do we want to be. Our role is to facilitate and to help empower people.
Ending the Housing Crisis
Successive governments have managed housing so badly it has led to a situation where living in a decent, secure, comfortable, and affordable home has become an unreachable aspiration for many.
Rise and Shine
Rise has embedded membership power into its working methods. There’ll be no block votes at conference, no agreeing to a manifesto and doing the opposite and certainly no money received by lobbyists to influence decision making. There will be no changing of minds because “circumstances changed” when they clearly didn’t.
VAT is evil
The poorest tenth pay 12.5% of their income on VAT while the top tenth of earners pay just 5%.