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Overpopulation and the End Times: the Silence Continues
July 11, 2023
Today is WORLD POPULATION DAY. I can absolutely guarantee it will be ignored by every single environmental and development organisation here in the UK – and by the Green Party. Frankly, I feel nothing but the deepest contempt for that continuing silence.
ROSEBANK: THIS LYING GOVERNMENT’S WORST DECISION
June 28, 2023
The health of a nation's democracy depends on the trust we have in our elected representatives. For many politicians, lying is now the default position, and this Government is stuffed with Ministers who cannot bring themselves to tell the truth – including Michael Gove and every single Minister in…
Caroline Lucas – A Personal Tribute
June 9, 2023
Caroline Lucas’s decision yesterday to step down at the next election came as a bit of a shock for the Green Party. After 13 years as an MP, 15 years as an MEP, 4 years as a County Councillor, and 11 years (on and off) as Party leader, she had quite simply come to personify the Green Party. Hers is…
Germany’s Nuclear Nous versus the UK’s Nuclear Nutters
April 16, 2023
I’m celebrating today – for the simple reason that Germany closed down its three remaining nuclear reactors on Saturday 15th April. I’ve followed the nuclear debate in Germany ever since I first got involved in green politics back in the 1970s, and was hugely inspired by the campaigns of Die Grünen…
Sizewell C: Just the Latest Nuclear Scam
July 7, 2022
Whatever chaos unfolds between today (Thursday) and tomorrow, Boris Johnson is apparently still planning to confirm his Government’s commitment to a new nuclear power station at Sizewell tomorrow. As we all know, Johnson’s default political tactic is to lie, regardless of which particular issue or…
Truth and Fantasy in Our Net Zero World
Government,Energy,Housing,Nuclear,Net Zero
October 26, 2021
In this short-lived breathing space between last week's Net Zero barrage and next week's CoP26 frenzy, it seems timely to reflect on how it all stacks up so far. After months of delay, Boris Johnson and his fractious Ministers finally moved into warp drive in issuing their Net Zero Strategy.