As the Guardian has noted: UK fruit and vegetable production has plummeted as farms have been hit by extreme weather. They have added: The country
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Glastonbury, neoliberalism and time for new acts
This morning’s short video has now been published. I argue that a lot of older acts looked decidedly tired at Glastonbury, like neoliberalism does all
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Arrogant and offensive: a swansong for the Tories
Old friend of this blog, Mark Northfield, has written a swansong for the Tories: As Mark says of this: It’s the end of an era
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Selling England by the Pound
The news that Labour is planning to use some form of private finance initiative to supposedly revive the UK, which I have discussed this morning,
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Is Labour planning to do PFI again?
I have published this video this morning. In it, I argue that the private finance initiative (PFI) was one of the worst legacies of the
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It’s civil society that will bring change – not politicians
I was delighted to read this email from the Good Law Project yesterday: In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court has today found that United
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This dismal election campaign will soon be over
This is the last day of the election campaign. Tomorrow we vote. My only recommendation is that you do so. On Friday, unless something extraordinary
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