Missing Link
How a secretive network built around a Nobel prizewinner set out to curtail our freedoms
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th July 2017
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The Lie of the Land
The Lake District’s world heritage status reveals a widespread betrayal of the living world, by both conservation groups and the UN
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th July 2017
Black Box
Unesco’s tragicomic aversion to public engagement.
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 12th July 2017
This is supporting material for my column on the Lake District’s acquisition of World Heritage status, that will be published on this site under the title Lie of the Land.
Covering Fire
The public inquiry into Grenfell Tower will be a farce unless it examines the long-running assault on public protections.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th July 2017
We don’t allow defendants in court cases to select the charges on which they will be tried. So why should the government set the terms of a public inquiry into its own failings? We don’t allow criminal suspects to vet the trial judge. Why should the government approve the inquiry’s chair?
Secrets and Lies
Brexit should be halted until we know who paid for the Leave vote
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28th June 2017
Should the EU referendum be annulled? For the past year I’ve been arguing that this would mean defying a democratic decision – even if it was informed by lies. Democracy is not negotiable.
A Plant in Government
Another deadly tree disease threatens these islands, but the government will do nothing to keep it out.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st June 2017
The less you care, the better you will do. This has long been the promise of conservative politics on both sides of the Atlantic. People who couldn’t give a tinker’s cuss about the consequences of their actions are elevated to the highest levels of government. Their role is to trash what lesser mortals value.
They Got Their Bonfire
The Grenfell Tower inferno is what deregulation looks like.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th June 2017
For years, successive governments have built what they call “a bonfire of regulations”. They have argued that “red tape” impedes our freedom and damages productivity. Britain, they have assured us, would be a better place with fewer forms to fill, fewer inspections and less enforcement.
Press Gang
The media was exposed in this election as wildly out of touch with the nation. This is not surprising, as it lives in a hall of mirrors.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th June 2017
Vote in Hope
This election could transform our captured, corrupted nation. The outcome, as ever, belongs to those who turn up
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th June 2017
Space Savers
We have enough physical and ecological space for public luxury for all. But not enough for private luxury for all.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st May 2017