England’s privatised water system leaves us incapable of responding sensibly to droughts. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th July 2025 For a rich and fairly stable country, we are staggeringly ill-prepared for climate shocks. We respond to predictable crises as if we had had no warning. Lessons from previous disasters go unlearned, mistakes […]
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The collapse of two childcare centre operators last month has left hundreds of parents stranded.
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Privatisation and austerity don’t cut costs: they just pass them on to us. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th January 2024 The weather was worse than forecast. By the time I reached Bristol, at 5pm, all trains to the south-west had been cancelled, because of rising flood waters. It was no one’s fault […]
“Never forget that the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature”. Global Boiling – Kate Mackenzie and Tim Sahay Many of us have grown up with the story of …
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Knowing can be a curse on a person’s life. I’d traded in a pack of lies for a pack of truth, and I didn’t know which one was heavier. Which …
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Lamest possible show of desperation as party masquerades as Scottish rivals during leadership debate The Labour party under Keir Starmer put its political and moral bankruptcy on show again in the clearest possible way, when the Labour press Twitter account pretended to be the SNP last night and attacked the Scottish nationalist party for having […]
What the government has done to NHS Dentistry is what it wants to do to the rest of our public services. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd March 2023 Every child in the UK is entitled to free treatment by a nonexistent dentist. Some people on benefits, pregnant women and those who have […]
“When people live in a fair, caring society, where everyone has equal access to social goods, they don’t have to spend their time worrying about how to cover their basic …
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Email to CLPs warns them that any existing affiliations with groups campaigning for abortion rights, minority human rights, disarmament and a fully public NHS are cancelled The Labour party has banned local parties (CLPs) from affiliating with an array of groups supporting the human rights of ethnic minorities or campaigning for a public NHS, in […]
Bridget Phillipson is a perfect fit for Keir Starmer’s front bench Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has provided yet another confirmation of the political and moral vacuum Keir Starmer’s ‘Labour’ represents. Phillipson told the BBC that ‘structural change’ should not be a priority for a Labour government: In other words, Labour has no interest in […]