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The Anti-Social Bastards in Our Midst

The car is turning us into a nation of libertarians

They bleat about the free market, then insist that we subsidise them.

Biodiesel enthusiasts have accidentally invented the most carbon-intensive fuel on earth

Are there enough renewables to keep the lights on? The answer will be comforting to no one.

The revelations from Falluja are piling up

Yes, the US has used chemical weapons

The press has been minimising the death toll in Iraq

Why are we still exposed to pollution that kills 39,000 a year?

The government’s chief scientist appears to have succumbed to politics

If you’re buying Brazilian beef, the answer is yes

New research suggests that the Christian virtues are best represented in godless societies

And hardly anyone is contesting the new clampdown

Boycotting the superstores means taking on five allotments

We had better start preparing for a decline in global oil supply

The corporations are demanding regulation, and the government is refusing to give it to them

The democratic potential of the new media is being blocked by the companies providing the technology.

Even as the G8 promises fall apart, Geldof stays silent

Nicaragua and South Africa, not the US, should be the inspiration for Iraq’s constitution.

Kenneth Clarke’s work for British American Tobacco should disqualify him from office.