The government retreats for billionaires, while smashing down our doors.
Category: politics
Democratic Revolution
Full-scale participatory democracy would change everything. It has the same revolutionary potential as the universal franchise and women’s suffrage.
For Your Eyes Only
The opaque and secretive networks on which Boris Johnson builds his power.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Are Trump and Johnson paving the way for fascism, or for something different, but just as bad?
Rings of Power
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is not so much a democratic leader as a monarch with a five-year term.
The Roots of Fascism
When political leaders brazenly flout the law, we are heading towards a very dark place.
Rewilding Politics
It’s not just governments we need to change, but the entire, top-down, 19th Century political system. And we can start, right now, in our towns and cities.
Resist and Rebuild
Don’t despair: we will fight back, and, eventually, return stronger than before.
Platform for the Planet
The political parties have finally woken up to the environmental crisis. But the media hasn’t
Power Failure
The current Labour Party has a weak instinct for power. This undermines its chances, but it reflects some rare and important traits.
Popularity Contest
If politicians genuinely respected “the people’s will”, they would let us express it between elections.
Start Making Sense
By understanding the psychological buttons they’re pressing, we can stop demagogues from destroying our democracy.
Our Brezhnev Moment
Neoliberalism has stalled, so the fanatics in government are using Brexit to revive it.
Killer Clowns
Why are so many nations now led by extravagant buffoons? Because the nature of capitalism has changed.
Outer Turmoil
Our toxic political system produces toxic leaders. We should design a system that rewards kindness and honesty.
Crisis? What Crisis?
The government’s refusal to respond to our democratic emergency is one symptom of systemic political failure
The Mask of Anarchy
Why disaster capitalists are praying for a no deal Brexit.
Mutually Assured Salvation
A world-changing experiment in London’s poorest borough shows how to break out of our disastrous spiral of alienation.
Rebelling Against Extinction
When governments abandon us, we must step up
Invisible Hands
Dark money is undermining our democracies, and it’s never darker than when channelled through lobby groups masquerading as think tanks