Ideology

by Helene Langlamet

In 2007, the Marcellus Shale Play was opened for production in Pennsylvania. The fracking of the shale unlocked massive fossil fuel reserves previously considered inaccessible. But it also unleashed an especially expensive and wasteful extraction process that involved flushing hundreds of millions of tons of highly toxic chemicals a mile deep into the ground and into the water table. And it brought up natural gas contaminated with unprecedented levels of radioactivity.

Among all the new forms of Conservatism springing up in the run up to the next election, Kruger's New Conservatives appear to be the most religious in their "holy war against the Left"

Labour needs to make bold moves if it is to achieve a victory worth having, argues AC Grayling

AC Grayling reflects on what immigration really means, how right-wing politicians are twisting that meaning to exploit xenophobia, and what can be done to counteract their rhetoric

Those in America looking for a way out of the toxic Trumpian cycle should look to Poland as a starting point 

The 2006 film set in a dystopian London of the future has much to say about modern Britain – especially the 'doom loom' trapping younger generations, writes Matt Gallagher

The manner in which the Conservatives' anti-net zero campaign has been waged has resonant parallels with that which produced Brexit, writes Julian Petley

A majority of voters believe "nothing in Britain really works" and say Rishi Sunak's party has made public services worse, according to an exclusive new poll

The significant gains made by the right across Europe in recent years haven't appeared out of the blue, writes Simon Speakman Cordall