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To: Ed Miliband and the Parliamentary Labour Party, Gareth Thomas and the Parliamentary Co-operative Party

Greater Income Equality and a Living Income for Everybody

Dear Ed and PLP colleagues/comrades

You've seen The Spirit Level evidence: www.equalitytrust.org.uk.

Please speak out for greater income equality - with a guaranteed, not-means-tested 'Living Income for Everybody' - a 'LIFE' - as the base income for all.

This is both necessary and possible for the UK to be a Wellness Society.

Thanks!

John Courtneidge (Labour Party member, Co-operative Party member etc)

Why is this important?

To help create sustainability and peace in the UK - for everyone - a beacon of hope for all!

And it can be done - co-operatively!

A useful exercise for groups is the Income and Equality Game - I can help groups experience that, if wished.

The evidence that income equality is good for all people and for the whole planet can be seen at The Equality Trust, TET - their web-site is www.equalitytrust.org.uk - TET has autonomous local groups - I'm part of the Bromley Income Equality Group: www.facebook.com/BromleyIncomeEqualityGroup which is pressing the London Borough of Bromley's council to act for income fairness.

We know that people are committing suicide - even here in Bromley - due to the stress of income insecurity and income insufficiency.

Please ask your friends to sign this petition - and to ask their friends to do likewise.

Thanks!

For all

john

How it will be delivered

I hope that an initial petition will be presented before The Labour Party and The Co-operative Party conferences, this Autumn!

Updates

2013-08-08 10:48:49 +0100

50 signatures reached

2013-08-07 15:46:51 +0100

hi all

Now we are at 47 signatures, could you consider sending a message to Ed Miliband?

Perhaps you could say something like: "Hi Edward, I've signed the Income Equality and Living Income petition at 38 degrees. I hope that you will encourage your friends and supporters to do so, too. It's at:

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/greater-income-equality-and-a-living-income-for-everybody

Thanks!

For all

[Your name]

I've just done so - and spelt his family name right - only one l ! - oops!

thx!

john

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His contact details are at:

http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/edward-miliband/1510

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2013-08-04 21:54:27 +0100

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Woo-hoo!! We're now up to 38 signatures - on our 38 degrees petition!

Please share the link with friends, so that we can get to 360 signatures, say, by next week-end.

If we can get into serious numbers, I hope that the petition could get read out at The Labour Party and The Co-operative Party conferences in the Autumn . . .

So, please share along:

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/greater-income-equality-and-a-living-income-for-everybody

2013-07-30 23:48:31 +0100

Hi and thanx!! all! 10 signatures in three days, 21 in a week, 25 now! - please keep the momentum up! I hope this gets big enough to get spoken of at both the Labour Party and Co-operative Party conferences in Sept/Oct this year . . . !!

So, please invite a friend to sign.

And even add a comment - the Equality info and vids are at www.equalitytrust.org.uk

Woo-hoo!

john

2013-07-30 12:31:25 +0100

25 signatures reached

2013-07-24 20:42:40 +0100

10 signatures reached

2013-07-24 17:48:47 +0100

hi all! thanx 4 signing - I don't know how to promote this - but I do know that it's important (see www.equalitytrust.org.uk for the evidence from 'The Spirit Level' book that greater income equality is *the* thing for everybody's benefit.

this link is:

http://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/greater-income-equality-and-a-living-income-for-everybody?source=facebook-share-button&time=1374058338

Please help out in promoting this petition!

Thanks!

john