ALAN SIMPSON
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Labour is lost. I say this in sadness more than anger. Anger is no substitute for answers. It clouds the fact that the Left could be just as lost as the Right. Boris Johnson has bought himself some ill-deserved credibility; slowly loosening the lockdown rules and stepping up the vaccination programme. Both are welcome. But…
I find it hard to accept it is 7 years since Tony Benn died. I miss his wisdom, foresight, kindness and humour. Worse still, whether the country realises it or not, we are all the poorer for the loss of Benn’s political acumen and vision. Faced with some of the biggest existential challenges in human…
We do ourselves no favours by treating the current Policing Bill just as an outrageous assault on a public right to protest. It is…Of course it is. But the violence targeted towards the police in Bristol (and the preceding violence by police themselves towards peaceful protesters) masks the scale of the assault on civil liberties…
Do not underestimate the scale of the democratic crisis facing Britain. Don’t kid yourselves either that it isn’t going to get a lot, lot worse. Brexit opened up wounds that will not easily heal. Mythical claims, wrapped up in sovereignty and identity politics, looked a lot different when viewed from the rotting mounds of…
Radical constitutional reform is no longer an option, it is an unavoidable necessity. The internal conflicts within the structure of the UK must be resolved. This paper is a contribution to the start of that debate, and sets out the reasons for reform, the principles upon which any future reform should be based, and the process for getting there.
Governments fall more often from let-downs than lock-downs. That’s why Marcus Rashford’s ‘end child food-poverty’ campaign has thrown British politics into a tiz. Who would have thought a young, black footballer would provide the leadership politics seems to lack. Although Rashford consistently says “This is not about politics: it is about humanity,” everyone understands the…
Transformation Moment
My pamphlet 'Transformation Moment' is intended to support the case for a radical shift in energy thinking; as much about democracy as technology, and about 'systems' rather than just supply.
“You’ve got to stand up and say here is the alternative vision, here is how we can rebuild this nation into something completely different… and it frustrates me to see Keir Starmer just dithering”
- @GeorgeMonbiot
Boris says Britain’s current ‘bumpy’ relationship with France is like the relationship between brothers. So hang on for the news that Macron will soon work for Dyson and billions of UK contract work will go with him.
Brilliant. This is all about desperation in the fossil fuel industry. ‘Sod the planet, just don’t leave us with stranded assets’.
Fossil fuel industry representatives have suggested that, when it comes to decarbonising buildings, hydrogen is their get out of jail free card. No need to insulate buildings. Just replace the fuel.
Here's why their argument is deeply flawed and false.
https://t.co/sXR6rQjp0v
Is this the Union we’re supposed to want to defend?
So Edwin Poots, darling of the traditionalists, is favourite to be the next DUP leader.
For those who don’t know him, a short introduction to the man, in his own words
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On the age of the Earth: “My view on the earth is that it's a young earth. My view is 4000 BC.”
Ugly Rumours: the band is re-forming. David Ike to join on vocals and vision?
This is obviously unfair. Johnson has only ever claimed an accidental association with the truth.
Labour accuses Boris Johnson of lying over flat renovation costs
Jonathan Ashworth calls for a "full and frank explanation" of who paid for works in Downing Street.
www.bbc.co.uk
If ever there was a case for suspending Intellectual Property rights on vaccine production, this is it. Funny how the most zealous advocates of the ‘free market’ always then want monopoly ownership of it.
Bill Gates says no to sharing vaccine formulas with global poor to end pandemic https://t.co/ds0927karA
This week we’re doing a series of videos looking at Brexit - at what was promised and what’s been delivered now it’s here. First is fishing. Produced @michaelcoxJ @mhosseini01 @rhartmann_ https://t.co/RE2HqJoH3U
