UK policy no brainers #2 - the Overton Window opens

 


Is it unthinkable or impossible to have: 

# Universal Basic Income - fewer jobs/work days with AI thus compensatory living costs in a globalised financial system

# 4 day work week: fewer jobs/work days again, job shares and 3 day weekend an extension of Social Contract

# Mars and Moons: global exploration and settlement plan: tech rivalry overcome for unified plan - plus Asteroid protection, Solar Flares and Space Junk

# Rejoin - did UK even leave?

# Minister for Longevity: whole life plan beyond a year or two increases per decade - or mortality declines by postcode or Austerity or Covid

# Minister for Cancers: focus on cures

# Monarchy Abolition: Wills and family irrelevance after QE2 and King Chuck? End of Law exemptions and Duchies fees: Estate £16BN, Cornwall £1BN, Lancaster £652M to Treasury/public, 7 main Palaces as National Trust and tourism sites and Sandringham/Balmoral/Highgrove revert to public, Honours/Titles only by Parliament; Military ceremonial uniforms/medals/flights ban

# Automatic Voters registration at 16: voter ID issued with National Insurance card - MP/Cllr ban until age 30 for life experience not 6th form politics

# Sick Pay: 80% salary as Belgium - or 100% as Germany?

# All political donations declared; £10k cap from corporations; Foreign and multi donation or Crypto ban

# Cap MP benefits: £250pcm and expenses £500pcm - and end Parliament subsidised food/booze and day drinking; FOI council/quango staffing/wages/expenses/cars

# Legal Right to Housing: end homelessness as Finland

# Legal Right to Food and Heating: minimum standards, supermarket food waste reductions; reduce Food Banks

# UK Hostages and Prisoners Envoy: reinstate UK passport as top #5

# MOD cuts: 60k clerks for 70k army plus regiment clerks and 2k Royal Navy captains for 20 warships; absurd £50BN extra to 5% GDP with 2% NATO overspend/waste and Putin bogged down in Ukraine. Bullets not Braid refocus

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