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Trump’s science-denying fanatics are bad enough. Yet even our climate ‘solutions’ are now the stuff of total delusion

We now face, on all fronts, a war not just against the living planet and the common good, but against material reality. Power in the United States...

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Picture an all-seeing eye scanning the dying Earth – and then lighting on our ‘solutions’ at Cop29

Imagine, as many people do, an all-seeing eye in the sky, looking down on planet Earth. Imagine seeing what it sees. It watches, over the course of...

15.11.2024 100

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Trump voters want a revolution. It’s time for progressives to offer their own

We were losing slowly. Now we are losing quickly. Democracy, accountability, human rights, social justice – all were rolling backwards as money...

07.11.2024 20

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Can democracy survive now the world’s richest man has it in his sights?

This is what happens when successive US governments fail to tackle inequality. While millions of people live in poverty, a handful grow unimaginably...

02.11.2024 200

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Trump’s greatest feat has been convincing ordinary Americans that he’s on their side. He is not

Dear US voters, in the spirit in which I would beg a dear friend not to get a facial tattoo, I’m writing to ask you not to vote for Donald Trump....

29.10.2024 300

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Maeve Boothby O’Neill died because of a discredited view of ME. How was this allowed to happen?

How could this happen in the 21st century? This question could apply to many issues, but this one sends you reeling. A brilliant and lively young...

18.10.2024 300

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Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions

This will be Keir Starmer’s HS2: a hugely expensive scheme that will either be abandoned, scaled back or require massive extra funding to continue,...

11.10.2024 100

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As the waters rise, a two year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice

The sentences were handed down just as Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina. As homes were smashed, trucks swept down roads that had turned into rivers...

01.10.2024 10

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Once thought to be extinct, the mysterious night parrot is back in the news! Is it saved?

27.09.2024 40

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A wondrous fish has made a miraculous return to UK seas. Why are ministers so keen to see them all killed?

Over the past three weeks, I’ve been watching one of the greatest natural spectacles on Earth, here in south Devon. At a certain station of the...

27.09.2024 100

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More floods are coming to Britain, but you ought to know this: the system that should protect us is a scandal

Labour’s first stage of government resembles a vast forensic excavation. As it works through the Conservatives’ midden of horrors, it discovers an...

18.09.2024 100

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Beware the great green deception: ‘perceptionware’ is being used to hoodwink us

Let’s talk about perceptionware. Perceptionware is technology whose main purpose is to create an impression of action. Whether it will ever work at...

12.09.2024 100

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These 21st-century demagogues aren’t mavericks – they’ve repeated on us throughout history

I’ve been thinking about a famously orange-skinned former presenter of trashy TV programmes, who lives on a luxurious coastal estate. He has a...

06.09.2024 200

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Dear ministers, I am a climate crisis campaigner: nationalise me right now

There are several services and assets I would like to see nationalised. But at the top of my list is neither water, nor trains, nor development land,...

28.08.2024 100

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Everyone loves a tiny baby stingray-looking thing. IS THE MAUGEAN SKATE SAVED?

21.08.2024 30

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The livestock lobby is waging war on ‘lab-grown meat’. This is why we can’t let them win

For many years, certain car manufacturers sought to obstruct the transition to electric vehicles. It’s not hard to see why: when you have invested...

21.08.2024 100

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Peaceful protest is being punished more severely in Britain than racist rioting – that’s the real ‘two-tier’ justice

A functioning society depends on equality before the law. If crimes are not treated equally and dispassionately by the justice system, we lose trust...

14.08.2024 60

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These riots are more than thuggery: they’re the outcome of 14 years of Tory race-baiting

“Fight, fight, fight,” senior Tories urged for years. Now they express shock, and condemn the results, when people prove stupid enough to have...

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Who is brave enough to back Brazil’s global tax on billionaires? The answer will define our future

Who is government for? It’s a question we should never stop asking. The answer that keeps coming back is “not the majority”. For example, the...

31.07.2024 100

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Extreme wealth has a deadening effect on the super-rich – and that threatens us all

On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south Devon last week, I was watching a small pod of dolphins from my kayak. I had spotted them from...

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Protest is the wellspring of democracy – that’s why Labour must repeal the Tories’ draconian laws

How do you know when protest tactics are working? When governments ban them. The oppressive laws introduced by the previous government – the Police,...

19.07.2024 200

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Labour can end austerity at a stroke – by taxing the rich and taxing them hard

Never let your opponents define the terms of a debate. All too often, Labour has allowed the Conservatives and the billionaire press to demonise the...

14.07.2024 70

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I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything

Soon after Labour forms a government, it will find itself in a new world. It now seems likely that Donald Trump will win the presidency of the United...

04.07.2024 5

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Who says the Great Barrier Reef is not ‘in danger’?

27.06.2024 10

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Things are not going to get better as long as oligarchs rule the roost in our democracies

We are about to return to normal politics. After 14 years of Tory corruption and misrule, a Labour government will put this country back on track....

27.06.2024 100

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How Britain’s oldest animal welfare charity became a byword for cruelty on an industrial scale

How does it happen? How does an organisation end up doing the opposite of what it was established to do? This month marks the 200th anniversary of the...

18.06.2024 20

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Does Labour’s manifesto deliver what the country needs? Our panel’s verdict

It’s a story of the good, the bad and the absent. There are some strong green policies in Labour’s manifesto. It will greatly increase investment...

13.06.2024 10

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Who should hold the next prime minister to account? Our best hope lies with the Green party

All governments betray the hopes of their supporters. But Labour is getting its betrayal in early. By ruling out a wealth tax and other measures that...

12.06.2024 10

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General elections are a travesty of democracy – let’s give the people a real voice

Everything hangs on them but little changes. For weeks or months, elections dominate national life. Media reports and public conversations are...

06.06.2024 100

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Who are the real extremists? The people challenging injustices or those trying to shut down our rights?

It’s not hard to spot the extremists inflaming public passions in Britain and disrupting our lives. They play an active role in politics, and...

22.05.2024 200

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How can a child in care cost £281,000 a year? Ask the wealth funds that have councils over a barrel

I’m a patron of a small local charity that helps struggling children to rebuild trust and connection. It’s called Sirona Therapeutic Horsemanship,...

18.05.2024 200

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Why is Britain’s mental health so incredibly poor? It’s because our society is spiralling backwards

The news should have stopped us in our tracks. Astonishingly, however, it was scarcely reported here. The latest map of mental wellbeing published by...

10.05.2024 400

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I have a cure for our ailing democracy: ban all donors, British and foreign. Run politics on membership fees

There’s a sensible rule in British politics: it should not be funded by foreign donors. Democracy is meaningless if a country isn’t run at the...

03.05.2024 100

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First Dog on the Moon Do you love to read but the world wide web has turned your brain into fluff? First Dog on the Moon is here to help

26.04.2024 100

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Ever get the feeling that you’re being had? Presenting: the great sewage scam

So that’s how they do it. I’d been wondering how, when more sewage has been entering our rivers than ever before, some of the water companies have...

26.04.2024 300

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Victimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name

When the traditional ruling class was obliged to concede to demands for democracy, it gave away as little as possible. We could vote, but it ensured...

19.04.2024 300

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There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook

We draw our moral lines in arbitrary places. We might believe we’re guided only by universal values and proven facts, but often we’re swayed by...

15.04.2024 100

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First Dog on the Moon Is everything really getting worse – or is it simply old people imagining it?

15.04.2024 30

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From the playground to politics, it’s the bullies who rule. But it doesn’t have to be this way

A large and impressive study of children’s progress into adulthood found that those who display bullying and aggressive behaviour at school are more...

30.03.2024 100

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A revolution in the way Britain does politics has begun in Devon. Tory MPs should be afraid

This is what democracy looks like: hundreds of people queueing in the rain, seeking to take back control of a political system that treats voters like...

20.03.2024 300

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Britain is becoming a toxic chemical dumping ground – yet another benefit of Brexit

It’s a benefit of Brexit – but only if you’re a manufacturer or distributor of toxic chemicals. For the rest of us, it’s another load we have...

18.03.2024 400

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‘You don’t want to get better’: the outdated treatment of ME/CFS patients is a national scandal

It’s the greatest medical scandal of the 21st century. For decades, patients with ME/CFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome) have...

12.03.2024 300

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We need to talk about water – and the fact that the world is running out of it

There’s a flaw in the plan. It’s not a small one: it is an Earth-sized hole in our calculations. To keep pace with the global demand for food,...

04.03.2024 200

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What’s going on in Wales? Real farmers duped by ‘outrage’ farmers, and a clueless Sunak along for the ride

Step back a pace to see how weird this is. Last week, the prime minister of the United Kingdom joined a protest against one of the UK’s four...

28.02.2024 30

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The manifesto Britain needs Labour must act to save the environment – here’s my three-point plan

I’m as likely to be selected for the national gymnastics team. But bear with me awhile, to imagine that, like David Cameron, I’m about to be...

20.02.2024 40

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Guardian Opinion cartoon Ella Baron on Israel’s expected ground offensive in Rafah – cartoon

12.02.2024 60

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It’s as if Keir Starmer is seeking out all the positive reasons to vote Labour – and deleting them

The national care service, abolishing the House of Lords, a wealth tax: one by one, the Labour party has identified its best proposals and destroyed...

11.02.2024 20

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Can the neural implant expand your brain power... Or will it just get Elon-gated?

02.02.2024 40

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In a world built by plutocrats, the powerful are protected while vengeful laws silence their critics

Why are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual terrorists (especially on the far right, and especially in the US) often remain...

02.02.2024 70

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To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer

Many explanations are proposed for the continued rise of Donald Trump, and the steadfastness of his support, even as the outrages and criminal charges...

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