Be the Party of Long-Term, Strategic & Big Thinking Ideas

We could take a leaf out of the Chinese playbook and develop 5-year plans – and 25-year plans. Easier for them of course, but we should at least try even though the next election may mean a different party with different ideas. If we don’t have a plan for going somewhere, we won’t get anywhere fast.

This is why I am advocating for democratic worker cooperatives – a long term goal of truly systemic change towards economic democracy.

I don’t think many voters care about long term aspirations because they are so easily sacrificed to the demands of short term practicalities and any long term plan is likely to be countered by the opposing party when it gets into government.
Also, we would be playing into the hands of the major party eliciting our support who could promise everything – later!
Take a leaf from Winston: any support promised is only on immediate delivery of a TOP requirement with a contract for implementation.

If you guys haven’t done so already, watch the Scandinavian series BORGEN. Series three deals with starting up a new political party, and half the battle was sifting out the wheat from the chaff with regards to policy suggestions. People who want free range eggs and no GST on veges need to join the greens. Stick with the issues you have identified through your research and those items suggested here.