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.
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
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
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
How dark money is subverting democracy in the UK.
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 17th May 2017
The attempt to turn the Lake District into a World Heritage site would be a disaster
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 9th May 2017
If this bid for power succeeds, the consequences for Britain will be irreversible. It will privilege special interests over the public good, shut out the voices of opposition and damage the fabric of the nation, perhaps indefinitely. No, I’m not writing about the election.
Those who claim to be “conservatives” would shred the very fabric of the nation.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd May 2017
Conservatism takes three main forms. Inclusive conservatism seeks to protect objects of value for the benefit of everyone. These might include great urban vistas, or national parks, or wildlife, or works of art, or great institutions, such as the NHS and the BBC. This is the conservatism governments invoke when a nation goes to war.
I would rather live with Jeremy Corbyn’s gentle dithering than Theresa May’s brutal efficiency
By George Monbiot, published in The Guardian, 26th April 2017
Where are the nosepegs this time? Those who tolerated anything the Labour Party did under Blair tolerate nothing under Corbyn. Those who insisted that we should vote Labour at any cost – with a handy peg to exclude the stench of rotting corpses in Iraq – turn their backs as it seeks to recover its principles.
A note on the poison gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun, Syria
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 27th April 2017
There’s an element on the left that seems determined to produce a mirror image of the Washington Consensus. Just as the billionaire press and Western governments downplay and deny the crimes of their allies, so this element downplays and denies the crimes of the West’s official enemies.
By reframing the economy, Kate Raworth’s Doughnut Economics changes our view of who we are and where we stand.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th April 2017