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Next elections - but why and what for?
We are rested after our last election round and now we start the work for the next one.
I am pushing for our focus to be on how we would, if elected, work to reorganise our local government in preparation for the coming emergencies.
The National Emergency Briefing made it clear that local communities need to be strengthened to handle the disruptions that will accompany extreme weather and food shocks.
It feels strange to talk about this when the world around us goes on as if everything will remain normal, even as we are experiencing record-breaking temperatures in the UK.
One sentence from the briefing says, "We are living in the least extreme climate that we will experience in our lifetimes" - in other words, it only gets worse from here.
So if that is the case, the tasks of local government need to have an added layer. How does it provide all the services it is responsible for and prepare for flooding, forest fires, food shortages and potentially civil unrest?
The current crop is all vying for positions of power - that is their goal, not addressing the crisis before us.
My plan is to identify the needs and start putting forward proposals for what we could be doing now that, if in place, we will be grateful for later.
One colleague who deals with the aftermath of hurricanes and severe weather in the Gulf of Mexico is saying that if we want to know what our future looks like, visit Tahiti.
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