Keir Starmer has accidentally given us four years in which to build a new political system. We should seize the chance.
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Planning His Own Demise
Keir Starmer’s attack on our planning system is an almost-perfect repeat of Boris Johnson’s disaster. Why can’t he see that?
The Commoner-Kings
Dartmoor National Park is not dying; it is being killed, and these are the killers.
Pasturised
The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown.
Blatantly Biased Collaboration
A remarkable before-and-after experiment provides conclusive evidence: the BBC favours the right and excludes the left.
Billionaire Death Cult
This new legislation is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems in living memory.
The Urge to Destroy
It’s a cast-iron relationship: the more unequal a society becomes, the better the far right does. Here’s why.
Arrested Over Tea and Biscuits
It’s not disruption that’s being prosecuted in this country. It’s dissent.
How Capitalism Crashes Democracy
It has two main strategies, and you can see them both at work, right here, right now.
A New World
You can’t do it differently until you imagine it differently.
First Sight of Land
For the first time, the government is consulting on a Land Use Framework for England. It’s an important step, but there’s a long way to go.
RIP FFS
As deliberately-contaminated sewage sludge is spread on farmland, it feels as if humanity is on a suicide mission.
Pro-Social Hoarding
We face a potential global food crisis, and no one is secure until everyone is secure.
Fossil Record
Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth?
Axis of Autocracy
If the US is now our enemy, how do we defend ourselves?
Nigel Says Thanks
By defending the UK’s draconian anti-protest laws, Labour is laying the ground for an authoritarian government.
Non-Linear
Trump’s assaults on governance could trigger systemic collapse. Here’s how it might happen, and how we can prepare.
Broken Levers
This is how Labour’s war on regulations will stymie its own policies. It is irrational and self-destructive.
Cold Fanaticism and Intolerance of Dissent
The UK government’s pursuit of growth at all costs hands this country to predatory capital.
Homing Device
Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change.