What do you personally do to try and make the UK/world better?

Saddleworth2 said:
I would simply:

Reinforce fiscal rules to maintain market stability
  • Day-to-day public spending will be fully funded by tax revenues.
  • We will borrow only to invest in infrastructure that delivers long-term growth.
  • Debt will fall as a share of GDP over the medium term.
  • These rules will be monitored and enforced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, whose forecasts will accompany all major fiscal decisions.
Launch a £60 billion National Investment Plan over five years to modernise our economy and restore national competitiveness:
  • £20 billion in green infrastructure: wind, solar, nuclear, and a modernised energy grid. Green industrial strategy: Focus on retrofitting homes, wind/solar power, hydrogen tech, and battery factories
  • Prioritize high-impact projects: Focus on transport (HS2 completion in key corridors, Northern Powerhouse Rail), energy infrastructure (renewables, nuclear, grid upgrades), and digital (5G, fiber).
  • Devolve funding and planning powers to city regions so local leaders can respond faster and more effectively..
  • £15 billion in transport upgrades: finishing key rail projects, fixing crumbling roads, and improving connectivity in the North and Midlands.
  • £10 billion in digital infrastructure, ensuring every home and business has access to full-fibre broadband and 5G.
  • £15 billion for housing and local regeneration, supported by planning reform to unlock private investment

Make the UK’s social security system fairer and function as a true safety net, the guiding principles should be:
  • Dignity: No one should be forced into destitution just to qualify for support.
  • Simplicity: The system should be understandable, accessible, and consistent.
  • Incentive-aligned: It must support people back into work without punishing them for trying.
  • Comprehensive: It must actually cover life’s risks—disability, job loss, housing, and caring
  • I would think this would cost £30-40bn and would require to be funded by progressive but politically viable funding

I would back the industries of the future:
  • Boost the British Innovation Fund, co-investing alongside pension funds in UK tech, life sciences, and clean manufacturing.
  • Reform pension regulation to unlock billions in productive investment from UK retirement savings.
  • Expand apprenticeships and vocational training, especially in green tech, engineering, care, and digital sectors.
  • Reform planning and regulation to enable growth while maintaining fairness and safety.
Deliver a fairer, more efficient tax system by:
  • Close tax loopholes and clamp down on evasion.
  • multi nationals must agree to an investment commitment in the countries they operate in which would focus on medium/long term infrastructure projects
  • Reduce Corporation tax back to 20p
  • Cut VAT to 15p to encourage Retail spending. VAT on bringing our housing stock to energy efficiency would be nil.
  • Align capital gains tax more closely with income tax, while protecting entrepreneurs and small business.
  • Launch a review of property taxation, with a view to modernising outdated council tax bands and reforming stamp duty.
  • those with the broadest shoulders will contribute more, and everyone will benefit from a stronger economy.
  • the tax plan would be cost neutral
Restore long-term funding certainty to the NHS, schools, and local councils:
  • A 10-year NHS workforce plan backed by investment in training and retention.
  • Expansion of primary and community care to ease hospital pressures.
  • Fund schools tied to need, not postcode, and restored capital budgets for school buildings.
  • introduce a National Care Service—to ensure dignity in old age and stability for our care workers.
  • introduce a 10-year, £7 billion annual investment programme to improve educational outcomes, reduce youth crime, and break the cycle of poverty in inner-city areas. The programme will:
    • Raise school attainment in the UK’s 20 most deprived urban areas.
    • Cut school exclusions, reduce NEET rates (not in education, employment, or training), and lower youth offending.
    • Improve teacher recruitment, school safety, and early childhood development.
    • Deliver long-term fiscal savings that outweigh the investment — across criminal justice, welfare, healthcare, and lost productivity.
      The programme is expected to pay for itself within 10 years.
Improve Relationships between Europe and Nations within UK
  • Seek an improved trade deal focused on frictionless access for goods and services.
  • Establish mutual recognition of qualifications and scientific cooperation.
  • pursue new strategic partnerships in Asia, North America, and Africa—while ensuring British standards and sovereignty are never compromised
  • give Scotland an independence referendum on the basis it will be the last in 50 years. A yes vote would require over 60% and the turnout would require to be over 80%
Government ministers renumeration would be dictated by successful outcomes of the above plan with significant bonuses available for over achievement.

And when thats done I would insist on the publication of the 115 outcome, make it a criminal offence for UK media to deviate from facts on any subject and put Farage in a small boat and send him to set up a new party in the North Pole.
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What he said.
....and legalise weed.
..and not just funding of the NHS, but giving it a big shake up from the top down.
..and ban the promotion of gambling and alcohol. Like they did with tobacco.
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I would simply:

Reinforce fiscal rules to maintain market stability
  • Day-to-day public spending will be fully funded by tax revenues.
  • We will borrow only to invest in infrastructure that delivers long-term growth.
  • Debt will fall as a share of GDP over the medium term.
  • These rules will be monitored and enforced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, whose forecasts will accompany all major fiscal decisions.
Launch a £60 billion National Investment Plan over five years to modernise our economy and restore national competitiveness:
  • £20 billion in green infrastructure: wind, solar, nuclear, and a modernised energy grid. Green industrial strategy: Focus on retrofitting homes, wind/solar power, hydrogen tech, and battery factories
  • Prioritize high-impact projects: Focus on transport (HS2 completion in key corridors, Northern Powerhouse Rail), energy infrastructure (renewables, nuclear, grid upgrades), and digital (5G, fiber).
  • Devolve funding and planning powers to city regions so local leaders can respond faster and more effectively..
  • £15 billion in transport upgrades: finishing key rail projects, fixing crumbling roads, and improving connectivity in the North and Midlands.
  • £10 billion in digital infrastructure, ensuring every home and business has access to full-fibre broadband and 5G.
  • £15 billion for housing and local regeneration, supported by planning reform to unlock private investment

Make the UK’s social security system fairer and function as a true safety net, the guiding principles should be:
  • Dignity: No one should be forced into destitution just to qualify for support.
  • Simplicity: The system should be understandable, accessible, and consistent.
  • Incentive-aligned: It must support people back into work without punishing them for trying.
  • Comprehensive: It must actually cover life’s risks—disability, job loss, housing, and caring
  • I would think this would cost £30-40bn and would require to be funded by progressive but politically viable funding

I would back the industries of the future:
  • Boost the British Innovation Fund, co-investing alongside pension funds in UK tech, life sciences, and clean manufacturing.
  • Reform pension regulation to unlock billions in productive investment from UK retirement savings.
  • Expand apprenticeships and vocational training, especially in green tech, engineering, care, and digital sectors.
  • Reform planning and regulation to enable growth while maintaining fairness and safety.
Deliver a fairer, more efficient tax system by:
  • Close tax loopholes and clamp down on evasion.
  • multi nationals must agree to an investment commitment in the countries they operate in which would focus on medium/long term infrastructure projects
  • Reduce Corporation tax back to 20p
  • Cut VAT to 15p to encourage Retail spending. VAT on bringing our housing stock to energy efficiency would be nil.
  • Align capital gains tax more closely with income tax, while protecting entrepreneurs and small business.
  • Launch a review of property taxation, with a view to modernising outdated council tax bands and reforming stamp duty.
  • those with the broadest shoulders will contribute more, and everyone will benefit from a stronger economy.
  • the tax plan would be cost neutral
Restore long-term funding certainty to the NHS, schools, and local councils:
  • A 10-year NHS workforce plan backed by investment in training and retention.
  • Expansion of primary and community care to ease hospital pressures.
  • Fund schools tied to need, not postcode, and restored capital budgets for school buildings.
  • introduce a National Care Service—to ensure dignity in old age and stability for our care workers.
  • introduce a 10-year, £7 billion annual investment programme to improve educational outcomes, reduce youth crime, and break the cycle of poverty in inner-city areas. The programme will:
    • Raise school attainment in the UK’s 20 most deprived urban areas.
    • Cut school exclusions, reduce NEET rates (not in education, employment, or training), and lower youth offending.
    • Improve teacher recruitment, school safety, and early childhood development.
    • Deliver long-term fiscal savings that outweigh the investment — across criminal justice, welfare, healthcare, and lost productivity.
      The programme is expected to pay for itself within 10 years.
Improve Relationships between Europe and Nations within UK
  • Seek an improved trade deal focused on frictionless access for goods and services.
  • Establish mutual recognition of qualifications and scientific cooperation.
  • pursue new strategic partnerships in Asia, North America, and Africa—while ensuring British standards and sovereignty are never compromised
  • give Scotland an independence referendum on the basis it will be the last in 50 years. A yes vote would require over 60% and the turnout would require to be over 80%
Government ministers renumeration would be dictated by successful outcomes of the above plan with significant bonuses available for over achievement.

And when thats done I would insist on the publication of the 115 outcome, make it a criminal offence for UK media to deviate from facts on any subject and put Farage in a small boat and send him to set up a new party in the North Pole.
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Very interesting, but I thought the OP asked what do you do, not what would you do :)
 
I'm 63, worked since was 16 (apart from 6 months unemployed when in my early 20s). Pay my taxes and NI, try to support local businesses, shops/pubs/restaurants. Respectful to others no matter who they are or where they're from.

Support local residents groups, charities etc both financially and with time. Help out in local community garden.

Feel always ready to listen to anyone with any problems, concerns or issues and help if possible
 
Saddleworth2 said:
I would simply:

Reinforce fiscal rules to maintain market stability
  • Day-to-day public spending will be fully funded by tax revenues.
  • We will borrow only to invest in infrastructure that delivers long-term growth.
  • Debt will fall as a share of GDP over the medium term.
  • These rules will be monitored and enforced by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility, whose forecasts will accompany all major fiscal decisions.
Launch a £60 billion National Investment Plan over five years to modernise our economy and restore national competitiveness:
  • £20 billion in green infrastructure: wind, solar, nuclear, and a modernised energy grid. Green industrial strategy: Focus on retrofitting homes, wind/solar power, hydrogen tech, and battery factories
  • Prioritize high-impact projects: Focus on transport (HS2 completion in key corridors, Northern Powerhouse Rail), energy infrastructure (renewables, nuclear, grid upgrades), and digital (5G, fiber).
  • Devolve funding and planning powers to city regions so local leaders can respond faster and more effectively..
  • £15 billion in transport upgrades: finishing key rail projects, fixing crumbling roads, and improving connectivity in the North and Midlands.
  • £10 billion in digital infrastructure, ensuring every home and business has access to full-fibre broadband and 5G.
  • £15 billion for housing and local regeneration, supported by planning reform to unlock private investment

Make the UK’s social security system fairer and function as a true safety net, the guiding principles should be:
  • Dignity: No one should be forced into destitution just to qualify for support.
  • Simplicity: The system should be understandable, accessible, and consistent.
  • Incentive-aligned: It must support people back into work without punishing them for trying.
  • Comprehensive: It must actually cover life’s risks—disability, job loss, housing, and caring
  • I would think this would cost £30-40bn and would require to be funded by progressive but politically viable funding

I would back the industries of the future:
  • Boost the British Innovation Fund, co-investing alongside pension funds in UK tech, life sciences, and clean manufacturing.
  • Reform pension regulation to unlock billions in productive investment from UK retirement savings.
  • Expand apprenticeships and vocational training, especially in green tech, engineering, care, and digital sectors.
  • Reform planning and regulation to enable growth while maintaining fairness and safety.
Deliver a fairer, more efficient tax system by:
  • Close tax loopholes and clamp down on evasion.
  • multi nationals must agree to an investment commitment in the countries they operate in which would focus on medium/long term infrastructure projects
  • Reduce Corporation tax back to 20p
  • Cut VAT to 15p to encourage Retail spending. VAT on bringing our housing stock to energy efficiency would be nil.
  • Align capital gains tax more closely with income tax, while protecting entrepreneurs and small business.
  • Launch a review of property taxation, with a view to modernising outdated council tax bands and reforming stamp duty.
  • those with the broadest shoulders will contribute more, and everyone will benefit from a stronger economy.
  • the tax plan would be cost neutral
Restore long-term funding certainty to the NHS, schools, and local councils:
  • A 10-year NHS workforce plan backed by investment in training and retention.
  • Expansion of primary and community care to ease hospital pressures.
  • Fund schools tied to need, not postcode, and restored capital budgets for school buildings.
  • introduce a National Care Service—to ensure dignity in old age and stability for our care workers.
  • introduce a 10-year, £7 billion annual investment programme to improve educational outcomes, reduce youth crime, and break the cycle of poverty in inner-city areas. The programme will:
    • Raise school attainment in the UK’s 20 most deprived urban areas.
    • Cut school exclusions, reduce NEET rates (not in education, employment, or training), and lower youth offending.
    • Improve teacher recruitment, school safety, and early childhood development.
    • Deliver long-term fiscal savings that outweigh the investment — across criminal justice, welfare, healthcare, and lost productivity.
      The programme is expected to pay for itself within 10 years.
Improve Relationships between Europe and Nations within UK
  • Seek an improved trade deal focused on frictionless access for goods and services.
  • Establish mutual recognition of qualifications and scientific cooperation.
  • pursue new strategic partnerships in Asia, North America, and Africa—while ensuring British standards and sovereignty are never compromised
  • give Scotland an independence referendum on the basis it will be the last in 50 years. A yes vote would require over 60% and the turnout would require to be over 80%
Government ministers renumeration would be dictated by successful outcomes of the above plan with significant bonuses available for over achievement.

And when thats done I would insist on the publication of the 115 outcome, make it a criminal offence for UK media to deviate from facts on any subject and put Farage in a small boat and send him to set up a new party in the North Pole.
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I think you may have answered the wrong question, a bit like politicians do.
The question was what do you do , perhaps your answer should have been …I fantasise about a world that will never exist.
 
In my youth I used to volunteer but now it is impossible for me for health reasons to be active on this front so I have to confine myself to personal actions. Currently I give to Ukraine and Arthritis charities. I do not drive a car and I eat zero ready meals which saves an awful lot of packaging. Small things, I know, but we can all do something.
Voluntary work with educationally challenged kids was an eye opener. On a country walk for a group, a 13 year old girl asked me to take her behind a hedge and have sex. Some of the parents were even worse!
 
halfmist said:
I think you may have answered the wrong question, a bit like politicians do.
The question was what do you do , perhaps your answer should have been …I fantasise about a world that will never exist.
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Saddleworth2 said:
Yeah. Spotted that after I’d posted.
I suppose I improve the world with my merry temperament, natural charm and boyish good looks. :-)
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Saw that after the event.
You can join my political party if you like. If you're quick you might even get on the cabinet. I have two other members already and its going to be the greatest bestest party ever seen.
 
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