The UK’s economic
and political life revolves around corruption.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th September 2020
Fear,
shame, embarrassment: these brakes no longer apply. The government has
discovered that it can bluster through any scandal. No minister need resign. No
one need apologise. No one need explain.
The opaque
and secretive networks on which Boris Johnson builds his power.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd September 2020
The obsession with the birthrates of the poor has a grim history,
and is used by the rich to transfer blame.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th
August 2020
Landed power, built on theft, slavery and colonial looting,
crushes our freedoms. It is time to reclaim them.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th
August 2020
Across the UK, our rivers are being
turned into filthy, dead gutters, at astonishing, heartbreaking speed.
By George Monbiot, published in the
Guardian 12th August 2020
You can judge the state of a nation by the state of its
rivers. Pollution is the physical expression of corruption. So what should we
conclude about a country whose rivers are systematically exploited, dumped on
and bled dry?
The great
majority of people do not want to return to business-as-usual after the
pandemic, but our governments are determined to make us do so.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd July 2020
Coronavirus deals
worth billions of bounds have been awarded by the government to “unusual”
companies, without advertising or competition.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 15th July 2020
How did wildlife
groups start collaborating in the destruction of nature?
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th June 2020
History, as the government tells it, is one long lie, airbrushing a
host of atrocities.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June
2020
The government intends
to use a US trade deal to bypass democracy, override Parliament and rip down our
public protections.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 10th June 2020