This is good from the Guardian, even if you ignore a brief appearance by me….
Boris Johnson has created a shibboleth: no one with any self respect could vote for him
No one is going to surprised by the outcome of last night’s Leader’s debate on green issues. Siân Barry Greens won, i think. Corbyn and
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Ways to fund the Green New Deal
You can argue about buts of this, but it’s also not bad in two minutes. All it does not say is who will actually buy
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Climate change and the manifestos
In advance of tonight’s climate change election debate it’s worth summarising the manifesto state of play. In a nutshell it is this: Conservatives: Net zero
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If we’re serious about climate change we need compulsory accounting standards to require business to report on it
The following is reposted from the website of the Corporate Accountability Network, of which I am a director. I wrote this blog, the timing of
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Fiscal rules are not worth the paper they are written on
The Guardian has a feature on a claim by the Resolution Foundation this morning, saying: The thinktank warned in a report that Labour and the
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If tax cuts and low interest rates won’t save capitalism, will anything?
The FT reproduced an extraordinary chart produced by Deutsche Bank yesterday: The point is very clear: despite the apparent incentives given to US business in
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Research shows the Lucas / Lewis Green New Deal Bill is the best plan for tackling the climate crisis in the UK
I’m pleased to share the following from the University of Bournemouth. As a member of the Green New Deal Group I worked on the Decarbonisation
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How to pay £58bn for WASPIs
I was asked this on Twitter last night: This was my reply: That’s the wrong question. The government creates all the money it spends. It’s
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