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The public inquiry into Grenfell Tower will be a farce unless it examines the long-running assault on public protections. Read more.
Brexit should be halted until we know who paid for the Leave vote Read more.
Another deadly tree disease threatens these islands, but the government will do nothing to keep it out. Read more.
The Grenfell Tower inferno is what deregulation looks like. Read more.
The media was exposed in this election as wildly out of touch with the nation. This is not surprising, as it lives in a hall of mirrors. Read more.
This election could transform our captured, corrupted nation. The outcome, as ever, belongs to those who turn up Read more.
We have enough physical and ecological space for public luxury for all. But not enough for private luxury for all. Read more.
How dark money is subverting democracy in the UK. Read more.
The attempt to turn the Lake District into a World Heritage site would be a disaster Read more.
Those who claim to be “conservatives” would shred the very fabric of the nation. Read more.
I would rather live with Jeremy Corbyn’s gentle dithering than Theresa May’s brutal efficiency Read more.
A note on the poison gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun, Syria Read more.
By reframing the economy, Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics changes our view of who we are and where we stand. Read more.
Freedom is used as the excuse for ripping down public protections on behalf of the very rich. Read more.
Why would Scotland wish to be tethered to the political wasteland south of the border? Read more.
Digital technologies could be used to destroy democracy, or to save it. Read more.
A short, simple factsheet on the impacts of traffic pollution on children’s health Read more.
For some of those immersed in virtual worlds, everything loses its meaning – even racism and fascism. Read more.
My (very controversial) column on the lives for which the schooling system prepares our children. Read more.