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If you were Prime Minister for a day…

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 by Nigel

Gordon Brown

Someone just asked me, “If you were Prime Minister for one day, what would you do?”
It made me think. This is what I came up with: Getting solar panels onto the roof of every home and community building so that we can all generate our own electricity and not rely totally on (centrally generated) power from fossil fuels or nuclear.

Here’s what some of my friends said:
Laurence: “I’d make tackling world poverty #1 priority.”
Paul: “pump all CO2 from power stations underground…”
Nic: “I’d pass a law forbidding anything to be built or manufactured that didn’t pass a strict environmental and social audit. And to those who say it will cripple business, I’d say: think of the opportunities! Oh yes, and all imports would have to pass the same criteria…”
Emily: “4 day weeks / 3 day weekends.”

Now it’s your turn. What would you do?
(You can write your answer in the comment box below.)

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5 Responses to “If you were Prime Minister for a day…”

  1. Pete Says:
    May 15th, 2008 at 10:01 am

    That stopped me in my tracks.

    I think I’d get on the phone for 24 hours and call every world leader I know
    and ask them to do much more about poverty.

    I nearly put climate change but if I could only talk about one thing I’d do
    something about poverty and then more people would be able to work on
    climate change and other world problems. Poverty keeps people trapped and
    unable to do other stuff.

    Very logical.

  2. Jeannie Says:
    May 25th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    I’d give the Dalai Lama a great big hug and ignore China’s criticism.

  3. Marc Says:
    June 3rd, 2008 at 11:47 am

    I’d build a proper railway infrastructe - get goods transportation and people off the road and onto trains - just like the old days :)

  4. Dan Says:
    June 4th, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    I’d initiate legislation to give corporation tax reductions and income tax reductions as incentives to get all office workers (who can) work from home for two days a week so that we can cut CO2 emissions by up to 20%.

    It would increase productivity for many as they’d be able to get on with their jobs. If they didn’t get the work done, their bosses could asses the impact. There’s no longer much of an excuse not to work from home - or not have to commute such stupid distances by car - with so much technology allowing us to have online chats, etc.

  5. Mark Says:
    July 31st, 2008 at 10:33 am

    We, at Tenbees, asked the same question of all the stall-holders at the UK Aware event a few days before you were asked. Here are the responses we got: http://www.tenbees.co.uk/1/life/news/2008/05/l20080513123334.php

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