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Go, Ed, Go!

Politics,Energy

July 30, 2024

I'm loving the Ed Miliband Show! The curtain went up on July 5th, and it's been one reveal a day since then. Leader writers at the Telegraph and Mail have already run out of manufactured rage; Clare Coutinho is (Shadow Secretary of State at DESNZ) comes across as a bleating numpty, which is exactly…

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BANISH THOSE TRUMPIAN BLUES!

Politics,USA

July 18, 2024

It is, truly, too depressing to have to witness Trump's re-ascendancy, compounded equally by the utterly despicable attempt on his life and by Biden’s accelerating descent into senility. Exactly when the whole of humankind most needs the USA committed to its sustainable future rather than its…

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The Green Party’s Path to 2029

Government,Politics

July 15, 2024

The Green Party is still celebrating. After 14 years with just one MP at Westminster, it now has four, after a hard-fought win against Labour in Bristol Central, and two wins against the Tories (in North Herefordshire and Waveney Valley), whilst easily retaining Brighton Pavilion. This is a…

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VOTING ON JULY 4th!

Politics

June 7, 2024

Wednesday 5th June was World Environment Day. I thought I’d wait a couple of days to track the impact this has had on the major parties’ campaigns. Basically, SFA. The Climate and Nature emergency (as in runaway climate change and collapsing life-support systems) is just not on any of their…

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Mainstream Climate Science: The New Denialism?

Climate Change,Government,Society,Politics,Young People,COP27

March 7, 2024

This is a bit of a long one! So here’s my “Executive Summary” so you can decide whether to commit the time to the rest of it: mainstream climate scientists run the risk of becoming the new climate deniers.

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More than £28bn: Chronic Political Failure in Tragic Times.

Climate Change,Politics,Energy

February 22, 2024

Now that the dust has settled after the Labour Party junked its commitment (on 8th February) to £28bn a year of new investment in the UK’s green economy, it’s worth reflecting on what this tells us about climate politics in the UK over the next couple of years. It’s not pretty.

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