World Politics

[Lou]

Wow. We can start this thread with some good news.

“If we want to reduce the climate footprint within the agricultural sector, then we all have to eat more plant-based foods,” he said at the plan’s launch in October 2023, and since then the scheme has gone from strength to strength. Backed by a €170m government fund, it is now supporting plant-based food from farm to fork, from making tempeh from broad beans and a chicken substitute from fungi to on-site tastings at kebab and burger shops and the first vegan chef degree.​

‘Insanely tasty green food’: how the meaty Danes embraced a world-first plant-based plan

Agreement between farmers, politicians and environmental groups led to a €170m action fund for plant based food

www.theguardian.com

 

[Second Summer]

Here in the UK, Nigel Farage's Reform party has overtaken Labour in a national poll by YouGov. (Reform: 25%, Labour: 24%, Tories: 21%.) That is the first time a YouGov poll shows this, although it apparently happened last week with a less reputable pollster as well.

I fear the same thing will happen here as happened in the US at the next election: Voters will be offered a choice between the incumbent party's unpopular neo-liberal "more of the same" policies or the opposition party's populist post-truth "something different" policies. And given the state of the country, it wouldn't be surprising if many voters wanted to try "something different".

Thankfully, the next election is still a long way away ....