steward from Lucas Burnley, was the guest
speaker at a number of meetings held by
the Accrington Constituency Labour Party
to support the Plan and to explain how the
revenues from North Sea Oil could finance
its establishment. However, the Thatcher
victory in 1979 saw the Plan abandoned.
GREEN ENERGY
Today we need such a plan more than ever
before in our history. Having sold off all our
Utilities, wasted the revenues of North Sea
Oil, and lost much of our Engineering
expertise, we need a big Green Energy
project to give the people, particularly in
the hard-hit North of England, hope for the
future.
In the 1960s discussions took place on TV
and radio about what life would be like in
1984 and the year 2000. It was thought
there would be a 20-hour working week
with 4 months’ holiday entitlement and
wages sufficient to allow people a decent
standard of living. Instead, things have
only got worse.
The drop in the standard of living of people
in North East Lancashire can be observed
daily by simply walking round our town
centres. Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party
must enact ideas similar to the Lucas Plan
immediately on obtaining office in order to
stop the rot (and hopefully help to stop
wars such as in Yemen today).
Do you use
green energy?
If not, make a start on
changing behaviour
in Britain ...
Google it - there are
loads starting up and
you will probably
save money too.
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