Colin Hines

Convenor #GreenNewDeal group. Author of 'Progressive Protectionism' and 'Art Deco London'

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

A widely supported plan for a UK Green New Deal exists, what is lacking is the political will to put its proposals into action c.f. President Kennedy’s successful 1961 call to put a man on the moon, but this time we need to save the planet, not leave it https://t.co/y6eOdUk3vG

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Fight Brexit blues read how the Green New Deal is roaring up the policy agenda, not just via Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the US, but in a burgeoning flurry of political and activists support in the UK for revitalising our social and green infrastructure.
https://t.co/xHXS80R6xs

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Brexit of no Brexit we're going to need an adequately funded Green New Deal. Green QE must have a central role

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

FT editorial calls for Green QE in Europe - let’s do the same here to fund #GreenNewDeal.

This would bring green jobs to every constituency, revitalise communities undermined by deindustrialisation & austerity, & tackle climate crisis.

Our letter to @FT:
https://t.co/qWpONc3MVM

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Colin Hines @HinesColin

FT letter - A US Green New Deal that emphasises the social and community advantages of its labour intensive ‘Jobs in Every District’ programme could be the cornerstone of the Democrats campaign to beat President Trump in 2020. https://t.co/0XKK3LOv92

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Brexit or No Brexit the UK needs a Social and Green New Deal, see Larry Elliot’s article https://t.co/nh1OXyo7xr detailing how Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats made this a huge issue in US politics and time for same in UK

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Happy New Year and lets make 2019 the year of a Green New Deal as per Richard Murphy and my letter in today’s Guardian https://t.co/B3TpYpIJHl. Brexit obsessed UK media has missed the US Green New Deal now centre stage see NYT Paul Krugman article https://t.co/mqhjtiFlNI.

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

To Reverse Brexit in a Peoples Vote, remainers must put centre stage that the EU already allows Member States to have managed migration policies, otherwise immigration worries could ensure a second leave result https://t.co/gcM2AyXIEf

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

A left-wing Brexit is an oxymoron and a diversion from the crucial campaign for a remain victory in a Peoples Vote https://t.co/6z6LjIECwV

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Reshape the UK economy, particularly for the left behind, with a massive nationwide Green New Deal infrastructure programme generating jobs in every constituency, giving hope for the future by providing economic security and tackling climate change https://t.co/0yVgWrhA7n

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Corbyn’s call for a “green jobs revolution in every nation and region” must target energy-efficiency in UK's 30 million buildings to create multi skilled local jobs for decades and help left behind local economies. A Green New Deal for every constituency. https://t.co/V59tHfVgzK

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

Jobs in Every Constituency – the promise of the Green New Deal https://t.co/QxUgZydGzm We have a new report out this morning as one of the few groups to have anticipated the Crash of 2008

[Richard Murphy @RichardJMurphy]

The Green New Deal is alive and well in the USA

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Green New Deal’s group’s green infrastructure plan massively increases energy efficiency and transport links, mitigates climate change and effects of automation and generates jobs in every constituency
https://t.co/CQJx6ALB8R

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Amending the EU’s Four Freedoms – the only way to see off Europe’s extreme right https://t.co/OCVIK8ARRD

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Future of politics will be dominated by migration. Right wing populists will continue to win until the interests of the countries the migrants have left, the migrants themselves, and the majority in the recipient countries are addressed by progressives https://t.co/w8fmCZMmAp

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

No effective opposition to right wing populism if ‘alt-liberals’ continue to call stricter immigration controls racist. Progressives’ focus on migrants’ interests must widen to also consider those in recipient countries and the countries they leave. https://t.co/Ckrn38vKK5

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Why do progressives get it so wrong on migration and so increase the likelihood of a hard Brexit. Instead that they should call for minimising "new, large-scale, permanent migration" https://t.co/o4KyUXlWu7

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Ever supportive of more debate from progressives re migration Brave New Europe draws attention to Bernie Sanders opposition to open borders for immigration https://t.co/QZ4hnXct6t

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Automation’s job threats compensated for by Green New Deal and social spending funded by Peoples Qe fairer taxes and bonds https://t.co/SB1EO6eZaC

[Colin Hines @HinesColin]

Marx today would tell IMF to support protectionism to ensure that benefits of global economic activities are shared by the majority. America First Donald Trump and Hungary First Viktor Orbán have gained from free market insecurity Wake up progressives https://t.co/RjsM3kvEpa