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One-Way Street
The High Court judgement on air pollution is an opportunity to rethink our whole transport system. Read more.
Talking Cure
Only by crossing social boundaries and coming together can we resist the forces that threaten to crush us. Read more.
The Man in the Mirror
Donald Trump is not an outlier, but the distillation of our dominant values Read more.
The Flight of Reason
Sorry, but you cannot build new runways and prevent climate breakdown Read more.
There Is Such a Thing As Society
Why should plagues of mental illness surprise us, in a world being ripped apart? Read more.
What We Are
Democracy cannot work as it is meant to; human nature does not allow it. Read more.
Social Harmony
Is music an answer to the epidemic of loneliness? Read more.
What Lies Beneath
It’s a simple choice: stop all fossil fuel prospecting, or break the Paris agreement on climate change. Read more.
Carmageddon Beckons
There are plenty of brilliant plans for getting us moving without trashing the planet. So why aren’t they happening? Read more.
Disposable Planet
Consumerism occupies a sacred and inviolable space, while the wonders of the living world are dispensable. Read more.
Here They Come Again
Corporate lobbyists and their captive governments try to wear down our resistance with one fake trade treaty after another. Read more.
Black Hole
The fake grassroots campaign run by grouse shooters is just one instance of the way democracy is being bypassed Read more.
Stock Answer
Why I took the plunge at last and converted (almost) to veganism Read more.
The Purse is Mightier Than the Pen
The climate crisis is here, now, but a compromised, corrupted media doesn’t want to know. Read more.
So Much For Sovereignty
To this government, “taking back control” means handing Britain to a different set of foreign powers Read more.
Punishment Posting
Want to cast someone into the outer darkness? Then give them the environment department, that should be the most important portfolio of all. Read more.
Soul Traders
If we saw it anywhere else, we would recognise our political funding system as utterly corrupt Read more.
The Judgement of History
The Chilcot report is utterly damning; but it’s still not justice. Read more.
Labour Savers
The Labour Party can survive, but only if it’s prepared to form an alliance with other parties Read more.