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Power Failure
Yes, we are pro-nuclear, but the proposed Hinkley C plant should be scrapped. Read more.
The Same Hymn Sheet
What the secular left could learn from evangelical Christianity. Read more.
The Iron Mask
Living as if seen from the future. Read more.
Rural Idiocy
The BBC’s coverage of the countryside is a biased, unquestioning, deferential disgrace. Read more.
Britain’s Mafia State
Where does legitimate business end and organised crime begin? Read more.
The Dawning
How I caught a glimpse, through the unlikely medium of roadkill, of what lies beneath. Read more.
Something Stinks
When governments lobby in favour of air pollution, you can be pretty sure there’s corruption involved. Read more.
Curator of the Future
Jeremy Corbyn is the only candidate who can revive the Labour Party. It’s the others who are chasing an impossible dream. Read more.
Slim Chance
New evidence suggests that obesity might be incurable. So why does the government propose to punish sufferers? Read more.
Danger Mice
Beware of politicians making themselves look big by inflating security threats Read more.
Falling in Love Again
Rebuilding our relationship with the natural world can re-animate our own lives, as well as the ecosystem. Read more.
Breaking Faith
The European Union is becoming ever harder for progressives to love. Is it time to get out? Read more.
Disinventing Democracy
The assault on Greece is just the latest episode in a long history of shutting down choice on behalf of the financial elite. Read more.
Common Purpose
What better symbol of a regenerating Scotland could there be than a new network of national parks? Read more.
Curb Your Malthusiasm
Vilification of the unemployed as scroungers and skivers has a long and grisly heritage. Read more.
Channelling the Joy
In defending the natural world, we should be honest about our motivations – it’s love that drives us, not money. Read more.
Thinking Like an Elephant
New insights from the deep past should transform the way we work with forests. Read more.
China Syndrome
We should stop recycling the old “Yellow Peril” myth. The people most hostile to action on climate change are American and British, not Chinese. Read more.
Work-Force
Surrender your freedom, avoid daylight, live to work, and you too could join a toxic, paranoid elite. Read more.