Handford Parish Council debacle

[Kit19]

Depressing how many people in the MSM and on social media seem to find this hilarious probably because its a parish council meeting and seem to be overlooking the bullying and misogyny

@hoodathunkit

ListeningQuietly

I have spent a lot of time researching networks linked to the Flatpack Democracy website and people, transition towns are also interesting

In this age of Brexit and various parts of the UK possibly becoming independent it is fascinating to reflect upon political movements supporting decentralisation and also their involvement in and connections to various CICs charities and other movements, including the human potential movement, community theatre groups, the New Thought movment and various controversial spiritual movements. Oh, and of course permaculture, green and sustainable development projects.

This is weeks of work and I'm still working on it

But it's definitely something worthy of scrutiny and reflection.

Ooh, in what capacity/from what starting point? Very interested to hear your thoughts. In my very limited observations it has been linked to a change to a Handforth style 'playing-politics-but-nothing-actually-changes-for-the-community', to actual, positive action and opening up participation to the public.

*Change FROM a

Is there a link to the planning meeting. I can’t find it.

napody

I have a huge amount of screen shots and other data that I have reflected on but not yet had time to write up properly

I will post on MN when I have it in a suitablly structured form

I am interested in political campaigning groups that campaign for decentralisation simply because they are an intermediary stage between say Brexit and Scottish / Welsh / NI / other parts of the UK independence and the sovereign citizen / freemen on the land movement, in which each person considers themself to be a sovereign nation.

You can take it ieven further of course and have non-binary people and people with multiple gender identities and also, of course, people with dissociative identity disorder who claim to be living ass a "system" of multiple entities.

Given how batshit insane things have become I think it is only a matter of time before non-binary identifying people and people with DID demand voting rights for each of their identities / alters.

So my particular interest become intensified when political movements campaigning for decentralisation have network connections to other networks of interest to me.

Sincere apologies - all I have time for now

Very interesting. Will you tag me when you write a post?

On a practical, here-and-now level, I've seen young and middle aged women feel able to 'crack into' a world dominated (as we see in Handforth PC) by older, conservative men. Women who are left wing, practical etc.
I do have sympathy with your concern about the ultra-individualistic side of new age-type thought. These types are often quite vocal in such movements but it doesn't follow that they steer them. Overall I think widening participation of local politics is a good thing.

napody

Very interesting. Will you tag me when you write a post?

No problem. Would you mind asking me via PM? I may forget otherwise

I do have sympathy with your concern about the ultra-individualistic side of new age-type thought. These types are often quite vocal in such movements but it doesn't follow that they steer them.

You may be correct, however there does seem to be a significant influx of new agers into political and community movements promoting political decentralisation. It may be a conincidence and related to the new age movement's significant involvement in green politics and sutainable development.

Overall I think widening participation of local politics is a good thing.

Absolutely, but when you get sinister new age cults involved in political movements there are likely to be hidden hands at play.

I think that the challenge is to try to take back control from the power crazed bullies wihtout it falling into the hands of the yoni massagers and plastic shame-ons

@Kit19 I found it one of the funniest things I’ve ever watched, and I’m absolutely not ashamed to say that. Yes - there is horrible misogyny, but Jackie Weaver has the victory - and you laugh at the outrageous behaviour. There is a very subtle difference in comedy. Little Britain I always found awful because you laughed directly at the unfortunate character. Nighty Night/Alan Partridge/The Office - you laugh at the IDIOCY of the character, the idiocy of misogyny. And that’s why it is INCREDIBLY funny.

I think it is a HUGE victory for feminism, and I’m absolutely delighted that many, many, many people have seen this. Hopefully council meetings will be fairer, kinder, better as a result.