1. Kimondo is asking Gordon Brown: "Why have you banned anti-poverty organisation the World Development Movement from attending the G20 summit?"
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Poverty   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 02 2009 10:10:11 AM   |

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1. summit is asking Gordon Brown: "Will you place on the G20 agenda the proposals by James Robertson (www.jamesrobertson.com) for monetary reform? In short: - why doesn't the government take over the exclusive power to create new money..." Show more »"Will you place on the G20 agenda the proposals by James Robertson (www.jamesrobertson.com) for monetary reform? In short:
   - why doesn't the government take over the exclusive power to create new money (by issuing it into society interest-free)?
   - why don't we remove this power from the banks (who currently create new money as debt), and limit their activities to taking deposits and making loans based on those deposits (with strict liquidity ratios)?
   - why not create a new  international currency to replace the current international trade reliance on, and battles with, the U.S. dollar?" Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Feb 22 2009 5:19:50 PM   |

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1. TimJames is asking Gordon Brown: "You've warned against protectionsim but how is that possible in democracies? If the people think the best way to protect ..." Show more »"You've warned against protectionsim but how is that possible in democracies? If the people think the best way to protect jobs and businesses is through protectionism, then don't you and other leaders have a duty to give them what they want? I know you might be right but it's a dilemma, isn't it?" Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Jan 30 2009 11:08:16 AM   |

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1. keithwhu is asking Gordon Brown: "This question is being asked by igoralcyon: Could it be theoretically possible to create a statistical tool that will establish the number of casualties caused by modern capitalism as a political system..." Show more »"This question is being asked by igoralcyon:
   
   Could it be theoretically possible to create a statistical tool that will establish the number of casualties caused by modern capitalism as a political system as it has been roughly done for totalitarian communism ?
   Or more precisely, could it be theoretically possible to establish the number of casualties that could have been avoided if the best solutions had been implemented toward, for example, the trade of weapons and the international management of world common goods since, say, 1945 ?" Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Mar 06 2009 9:29:37 AM   |

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1. allbeary is asking Gordon Brown: "Dear Mr. Brown, Why has WDM been banned from the meeting, and at the very last minute too? they are a very responsible NGO, basing their campaigning on careful research. Your action seems to be very..." Show more »"Dear Mr. Brown, Why has WDM been banned from the meeting, and at the very last minute too? they are a very responsible NGO, basing their campaigning on careful research. Your action seems to be very unjust. Tiiu-Imbi Miller, Mrs. PhD" Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 02 2009 11:49:04 AM   |

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1. lauranie is asking Gordon Brown: "Why was the World Developments Movements accreditation to attend the G20 conference withdrawn at the last minute by 10 Downing St?"
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 02 2009 11:50:52 AM   |

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1. Sadbog74 is asking Gordon Brown: "It is fantastic that an opportunity and popular interest for genuine global unity, particularly global financial institutions, is beginning to arise. My qualm is that we have to ensure that any global..." Show more »"It is fantastic that an opportunity and popular interest for genuine global unity, particularly global financial institutions, is beginning to arise. My qualm is that we have to ensure that any global institutions created, are truly democratic, and create an equal voice for every nation in the world. These institutions must be governed by democracy, not economic ideology or orthodoxy, if they are to be truly pragmatic and successful in running the global economy for all nations well. Current global institutions such as the IMF and World Bank are not democratic, and thus dont meet the needs of a changing dynamic world. They are governed by laissez-faire orthodoxy, if they were democratic,they would be governed by the common good of the world and thus be dynamic and pragmatic in their policy making. But we need more than just a global welfare system to help countries economies once they've collapse. We need a democratic global financial institution that helps prevent countries from getting into economic jeopardy in the first place. And this is also an opportunity to create democratic global institutions to deal with climate change, poverty and all other international problems, like you say. Angela Merkel suggests creating a U.N. economic council, like the existing partly democratic U.N. security council. What ever global institutions get created, they must be genuinely democratic, so that every member state has an equal vote and voice, in order for these global institutions to serve the interests of individual nations and the entire world." Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Jan 30 2009 5:38:04 PM   |

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1. shadsy is asking Gordon Brown: "I would like to know why single mums are encouraged to stay at home to raise their children but mums with partners/husbands are given no help to stay at home and bring up their children and often have..." Show more »"I would like to know why single mums are encouraged to stay at home to raise their children but mums with partners/husbands are given no help to stay at home and bring up their children and often have no choice but to go back to work?" Show less »
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3. 5 comments   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Feb 24 2009 6:08:27 PM   |

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1. Christiane is asking Gordon Brown: "Dear Prime Minister, Why have you banned the World Development Movement (WDM) from attending the G20? The WDM is a perfectly peaceful movement, set up by people from Christian Aid and similar organisations..." Show more »"Dear Prime Minister,
   
   Why have you banned the World Development Movement (WDM) from attending the G20? The WDM is a perfectly peaceful movement, set up by people from Christian Aid and similar organisations thirty years ago. I find it irresponsible to ban such obviously non-violent groups from speaking out. Such bans damage democracy, which is the most precious good we have - even in a global recession.
   
   Yours sincerely,
   Dr Christiane Diehl" Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: Politics   |   Email to friends   |   Apr 02 2009 12:17:52 PM   |

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1. Claire is asking Gordon Brown: "Hello Gordon Surely this crisis isn't just about banks and whether they lend money. Surely it's also that we're used to buying things on credit and perhaps spending money we haven't got. Now things have..." Show more »"Hello Gordon
   Surely this crisis isn't just about banks and whether they lend money. Surely it's also that we're used to buying things on credit and perhaps spending money we haven't got. Now things have gone wrong I see all the problems - friends who've lost jobs and prices of things going up... and can't think of any solutions.
   Is there anything that mums like me can do to make a difference?? Something that doesn't involve spending momey I've not got!" Show less »
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3. 0 comment   |  Topic: World Affairs   |   Email to friends   |   Feb 02 2009 3:38:24 PM   |

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