Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th January 2025 Build baby, build. That’s about the intellectual limit of the government’s housing strategy. Millions are under-housed, so let’s “bulldoze” the planning system and build more homes. But it’s not nearly so simple. As […]
landrights & planning
The bodies meant to protect us from floods are unaccountable, self-serving and feudal in character. No wonder they keep failing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th September 2024 Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an ever greater legacy […]
What does democracy mean, under governments like this? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th January 2023 Don’t let them talk to you about freedom. This government is stripping out fundamental liberties with the speed and determination you would expect in the aftermath of a military coup. Knowing that their days in office are […]