By TOMMY HOLGATE
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| Peace FM . . . it's great to be able to raise healthy topics on the radio |
One week ago, The Peace Party had just made a landmark appearance on BBC's Daily Politics.
In the space of a couple of hours, our Twitter following nearly doubled, from the modest starting point of just over 200 [welcome to those of you who have just joined us :)].
Two days later, we were featured on the Daily Telegraph website in a piece that led on my free dance and tai chi pledge, but also gave good coverage to some of our key policies and ideas.
This spawned myriad responses, some saying nice things, others claiming that the Monster Raving Loony Party "has got some competition".
Among other names, the terms 'ridiculous', 'naive' and 'idiot' appeared.
But it's OK.
For me it would be ridiculous not to be pursuing the possibility of peace - no matter how small a possibility that is perceived to be.
This morning I visited the local radio station Peak FM to do a pre-recorded interview that will be trailed throughout the month.
It was my first one as a politician and I think I managed to answer the questions posed in a way that didn't involved too much 'umming and ahhing'.
The host described me afterwards as 'a bit of a dreamer'.
Once again, it's OK.
I would rather pursue the dream of a better world than accept the false reality that there is nothing we can do to bring about positive change in our lives.
Meanwhile, Mr Morris has been shining at local hustings, unafraid to speak up for the promotion of harmony.
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| Peaceful point . . . John Morris will always stand for conflict resolution |
"Good", said the Guildford candidate on seeing the recent ES headline 'Our military forces face a long struggle to even stay in service'.
"Our work is being done for us!
"BUT, a withering away of the army, navy and air force is only half the Peace Party's desires. The government now needs to establish ways to re-train and re-educate society AWAY from its current love of all things military.
"Each one of us needs to learn the great variety of non-violent ways to resolve conflict, to peacefully resist those we disagree with, learning to treat others as we wish to be treated ourselves."
In the spirit of pursuing the possibility of a better future, our General Secretary contacted BBC Radio 4, imploring them to investigate alternative financial strategies, such as the Modern Monetary Theory.
David Brown wrote:
"When discussing the economy, the 'More or Less' programme routinely accepts the received wisdom that government expenditure must be financed by tax or borrowing or both.
Modern Monetary Theory clearly shows that this is not the case and therefore that the whole case for austerity is fallacious. This is an extremely important issue and is fundamental to a proper and informed analysis of economic statistics.
While I accept that MoL cannot ignore the received wisdom it should not accept it uncritically. May I suggest that MoL at least investigate and give a reasonable amount of air time to the MMT viewpoint."
Here's an article that explains Modern Monetary Theory in plenty of detail.
Speaking of modern money, I've heard people say:
"We could all do with a bit more of it, couldn't we?"
Too right. We're looking into it.
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