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The Triumph of Ignorance

Why morons succeed in US politics.

A proposal for slowing down politics.

The economic crisis is petty by comparison to the nature crunch. But they have the same cause.

Another set of corporations is pressing for public money. Governments should let them die.

They baled out of the bail-out, but the money will still have to come from us. It always has.

How does Christopher Booker get away with it?

A grotesque case of legal bullying using a 13th-Century law shows that in some respects we still haven’t shaken off feudalism.

Peter Mandelson is bullying the world’s poorest nations into following a development route that can’t work.

A hard commercial logic dictates that the only way to get good fruit today is to grow your own.

Who brought down the cooling towers in South Yorkshire?

A new wave of food colonialism is snatching food from the mouths of the poor.

Do you want to save the biosphere or boost your own brand of politics? You can’t do both.

Why is the US government still pouring billions into missile defence?

Arthur Scargill has challenged me to a duel. Name your date, sir.

At least we have some ideals to fall short of.

The climate camp outside the Kingsnorth power station is contesting the biggest issue of them all

Iran is the least of the world’s offenders against non-proliferation.

A Proposal to Hamish Mykura, Head of Documentaries, Channel 4

A cunning new loophole has wrecked the government’s Climate Change Bill.

A response to Channel 4’s head of documentaries, Hamish Mykura