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What Lies Beneath
It’s a simple choice: stop all fossil fuel prospecting, or break the Paris agreement on climate change.
Carmageddon Beckons
There are plenty of brilliant plans for getting us moving without trashing the planet. So why aren’t they happening?
Disposable Planet
Consumerism occupies a sacred and inviolable space, while the wonders of the living world are dispensable.
Here They Come Again
Corporate lobbyists and their captive governments try to wear down our resistance with one fake trade treaty after another.
Black Hole
The fake grassroots campaign run by grouse shooters is just one instance of the way democracy is being bypassed
Stock Answer
Why I took the plunge at last and converted (almost) to veganism
The Purse is Mightier Than the Pen
The climate crisis is here, now, but a compromised, corrupted media doesn’t want to know.
So Much For Sovereignty
To this government, “taking back control” means handing Britain to a different set of foreign powers
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.
Soul Traders
If we saw it anywhere else, we would recognise our political funding system as utterly corrupt
The Judgement of History
The Chilcot report is utterly damning; but it’s still not justice.
Labour Savers
The Labour Party can survive, but only if it’s prepared to form an alliance with other parties
Roots in the Rubble
The decision to leave the EU is a disaster, but also a great opportunity for renewal
Leave Well Alone
Those who want to leave the EU refuse to make the most crushing argument against it. Here’s why.
Money’s Reach
The European Union looks thoroughly rotten – until you compare it to the alternatives.
The Zombie Doctrine
Crisis after crisis is being caused by a failed ideology. But it cannot be stopped without a coherent alternative.
Bonfire of the Verities
Academic standards go up in smoke in a wildly biased paper on burning in the British uplands.
Where I’ve Gone
I’m still alive – but keeping quiet about it.
The Lesser Evil
I am starting to hate the European Union. But I will vote to stay in.