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A Monstrous Proposal

Why the private sector should be subject to freedom of information laws.

Colonialism never ended, it continues by different means.

We British have a peculiar ability to blot out our colonial history.

The Conservative minister charged with protecting wildlife is making a packet as a result of weak wildlife protection laws.

Hope for humanity lies in recognising their animal nature.

There’s a compelling reason, as you can see below.

If you think nuclear power is hard to finance and deliver, look at the alternative.

We urge him to reject advice to drop nuclear power in the UK

Countering the letter sent to him by four former directors of Friends of the Earth

Through a network of unbalanced, almost-invisible committees, the government gets what it wants.

Ayn Rand’s ideas have become the Marxism of the new right.

A report on deer in the Scottish Highlands is a sycophantic paean to Balmorality and landed power.

Cameron tells us to trust business: as he hands it the keys to the nation.

Christopher Booker’s undisclosed interests illustrate the need for transparency in journalism.

Now it’s a straight fight with the billionaires and corporations.

Is environmentalism compatible with social justice?

Conservatism is linked to low intelligence; but the real idiots are the progressives letting it win.

We can’t wish nuclear waste away: we must choose one of three options for dealing with it.

Drone warfare can be used to thwart democratic movements, anywhere.

The weather forecasters used by the Daily Mail and other papers don’t appear to exist.