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simon_brooke

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot

Anarcho-syndicalist, autistic, crofter, cyclist, depressive, entrepreneur, geek, searchable, Zapatista. Politics & environment, especially #LandReform. he/him.

Twitter: https://mastodon.scot/@simon_brooke
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Credo: Life is harsh. What we can do - and what we should do - is strive to make it less harsh for the people around us.

Addendum: you would not deliberately block a wheelchair ramp. Do not post images to social media without alt text.

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amberfirefly, to random
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Signed up for canvassing training - branching out after avoiding it before in favour of doing election telling and count agent stuff which is less terrifying to me (tho the first gets you yelled at by people who don't understand how elections work, and the second means one very long/exhausting night). Can recommend getting involved as it slightly reduces the feeling of 'could I have done more'.

simon_brooke,
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@amberfirefly seriously thinking of canvassing for @ScottishGreens after literally thirty five years of canvassing for (and last five years of not canvassing at all).

I'm not saying the Greens are wonderful, they're not. I'm not saying I think they can win. However!

We do need to get rid of the , we do need , but we also need to reverse the SNP's steady drift to the right, or we won't get either.

simon_brooke,
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@amberfirefly @ScottishGreens it's complicated. Essentially, the have far and away the best chance of evicting the here. The @ScottishGreens are likely to come fourth. But, in the midst of a , the SNP have just announced that their primary policy objective is economic growth, and additionally, they've just elected a very socially conservative deputy leader, whom I cannot support.

She's competent, but that only makes her more dangerous.

pezmico, to NewZealand
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The First Home grant was what allowed my whānau to finally be able to afford a modest townhouse in South Akl.

We love our little home. 🏘️
It is infuriating that a similar opportunity won't be available anymore to people like us.

(And I get that it was an inefficient subsidy on demand, but in a market as cooked as NZ's it was a helpful tool. One that should not be removed until the supply variables in the equation are solved. And currently they are only getting worse, thanks CoC)

#NZPol

simon_brooke,
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@pezmico Is the solution not to tax the absolute fuck out of speculative profits in , and spend the proceeds on building a shit-ton of new rented at such low rates that it forces rental prices down in the private rental sector?

Subsidies just drive the speculative bubble higher. What we need to do -- everywhere in the world -- is destroy it.

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