A Monstrous Proposal
May 8, 2012 10:05 am Leave your thoughts
Extending transparency laws to the private sector would make the likes of News International think twice before misbehaving, writes George Monbiot.
Tag Archive: Domestic (UK)
Democracy is licking its wounds but the fight for social justice is gathering momentum
May 8, 2012 7:40 am Leave your thoughts
Sadly, the resounding feature of the 2012 local elections is one of a weak democracy. It's true that of the 32 per cent of people who decided to vote, more voted Labour than any other party. But the dominant characteristic of 2012 is that almost seven in every 10 people decided that the election wasn't worth the walk to the polling station writes Alfie Stirling.
Paying by the mile
May 7, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sam Hunt lets off steam as he tallies up the cost of running a car these days
DEREK, or LITTLE by LITTLE
April 30, 2012 7:49 am Leave your thoughts
By common consent (at least among those like me who lived through it), the 'golden age' of broadcasting - at the BBC especially - was that which spanned the 1960s, writes W Stephen Gilbert.
University fees and a recession?
April 28, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sam Hunt says whenever he says that he doesn't believe in the recession, he feels like some sort of conspiracy theorist, yet considering the vast scope of our economy even at a base level it makes him too sceptical to believe that the recession is anywhere near as large as it is made out to be, if not completely non-existent. One such example is the revenue that universities generate.
The Keys to the Blood Bank
April 22, 2012 9:00 am Leave your thoughts The Conservative minister charged with protecting wildlife is making a packet as a result of weak wildlife protection laws, writes George Monbiot.
Rejection of the wi-fi world
April 22, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Miles Caston makes the case that life is better lived off-line
Rewilding Our Children
April 18, 2012 9:15 am Leave your thoughts When my second child reaches my age I fear the NHS, along with the tiger and rhino, will be part of a mythologised arcadia, writes George Monbiot.
Is the BBC middle class enough?
April 15, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Are our national media outlets the domain of the middle class, or is the truth even worse...? Felix McHugh discusses
Spying an opportunity
April 11, 2012 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Stephen Gilbert argues that surveillance over the whole population involves an erosion of our basic liberties. We give away our rights at our own peril.