Our Political System is run by big Money
How Political Interest groups are funded
17th February 2021
Labour’s lost voters clamour for belonging
Nationalism is the natural home for communities that have lost their sense of belonging
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/03/labours-lost-voters-clamour-belonging
3rd May 2021
Covid misinformation costs lives
George Monbiot argues that we have a duty to stop pernicious misinformation
27th January 2021
Politician’s love giving pledges for actions years in advance; it gives them the opportunity to look dynamic and ambitious without the responsibility of achievement.
Of the 20 pledges at the UN Biodiversity conference at Nagoya, not one has been met.
Britain’s claims to being a functioning democracy are only skin deep
Britain’s democratic processes are being abused
3rd June 2020
Local Politics
We need to revive community spirit and it starts with politics and finance
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/02/britain-local-councils-public-services
3rd August 2019
Optimism
Optimism can’t solve Britains’ problems; it can only disappoint.
2nd August 2019
Strongman politics
Obama on the politics of fear and disinformation
18th July 2018
Trump creates his caliphate
The misuse of piety in justifying the unjustifiable
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/18/trump-american-caliphate-democracy-arab-world
18th June 2018
Hundreds of pledges quietly forgotten
On how ‘consultation’ is used to get politicians off the hook
30th March 2018