I try to replicate my more substantial posts on Substack here, but forgot this from a few weeks ago. So I’m now making amends.
When it comes to Magna Carta clause 39 is the one hanging in the foyer.
Keir Starmer’s attack on our planning system is an almost-perfect repeat of Boris Johnson’s disaster. Why can’t he see that?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th May 2025
The precedent is uncanny, and the failure to learn from it downright mystifying. Keir Starmer is rushing gladly towards the catastrophe Boris Johnson inflicted on himself in 2020. Had he set out to stymie Labour’s chances of re-election, he couldn’t be doing it better.
Dartmoor National Park is not dying; it is being killed, and these are the killers.
By George Monbiot, adapted from a Bluesky thread, 11th May 2025.
This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity.
The cottagecore, romantic path to starvation and environmental breakdown.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th May 2025
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Let tax reform drive your voting decision this election with the Prosper Australia 2025 policy scorecard.
The post 2025 Federal election scorecard first appeared on Prosper Australia.
Most credible researchers believe immigration affects house prices. The questions are: how much, and at what cost?
This post aims to establish some baseline facts on the basis of which sensible arguments can be made about immigration and housing. Key points:
Essential Guide: Choosing the Perfect Payroll and Super Processing System for Your Business
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It’s a cast-iron relationship: the more unequal a society becomes, the better the far right does. Here’s why.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th April 2025
Advice for homebuyers and citizens: home-deductibility and housing guarantee schemes both deserve your derisive laughter, whoever backs them.