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Dirty Business – The Great Sell-Off
I am old enough to remember water privatisation in the late 1980s. It was sold as modernisation. Crumbling Victorian infrastructure would be renewed. Efficiency would improve. And as a bonus, ordinary people could make a quick profit by buying shares. Fishermen, rowers, surfers and nature lovers were worried. Banks, hedge funds and speculators were delighted. ...
Royal Accountability – Surely it’s the Way Forward?
Let me start here. I’m not a rabid anti-royalist. I’m not polishing a pitchfork or practising republican chants in the shower (although I do sing Billy Bragg’s ‘The World Turned Upside Down’ a fair bit). I understand the argument for a constitutional monarchy. I understand soft power. Tourism. Continuity. Pageantry. Hats. Fine. But it is 2026, not ...
When Sympathy Isn’t Enough: How Do We Stop Radicalisation Before It Takes Democracy Down With It?
I don’t pretend to have the answers to this complex question. In fact, the older I get the more I realise how little I know about the “right” way to deal with people who’ve fallen headfirst into far-right cultism. People I used to like and respect are getting sucked into it. It’s fucking depressing. I do know this: if enough people get radicalised, they ...
Lord of the Flies – Excellent BBC Remake of a Book From Schooldays
I finally got round to watching the new BBC adaptation of Lord of the Flies, and I’ll be honest, I went in expecting worthy, slightly heavy drama. It is indeed heavy. But it’s also very well done. Many of us did the book at school. Basically, a group of boys crash on an island, no adults, and at first they try to do things with some kind of democratic ...
Billionaires and the Cult of Jealousy
I’ve realised something over the years. A fair chunk of billionaires don’t just want to be rich. They want to be untouchable. Question them and you’re either jealous or a communist. That’s the playbook. Take Jim Ratcliffe. Raise concerns about tax, integrity his divisive (let’s face it, racist) rhetoric and the comments fill up with frothing defenders ...