Monthly Archive: October 2021
Last week’s sewage spills into rivers and seas around England certainly brought into focus the fact that the UK government, although heavily pushing the mantra of Global Britain, is not wholly committed to protecting...
Some people, concerned by the disruption that COP26 and its 25,000 delegates will cause to those who live in and around the city between 31st October and 12th November, are asking why is the...
This video was posted on Twitter this morning. It’s Alan Bissett speaking during the 2014 referendum campaign, but his words are as pertinent and appropriate today as they were when first spoken. So listen...
Last week, the UK parliament voted against an amendment (by the House of Lords) to their environment bill that would have prevented, by placing a legal duty on water companies in England and Wales,...
Yes, small nations and regions can make a difference in the fight to combat climate change and will be working hard to do so. If you think they won’t have a voice at COP26...
On 17 October 2021 Dominic Raab, the UK Government’s Justice Secretary, told the Sunday Telegraph that the Government was considering making changes to the law on judicial review and to the Human Rights Act...
Many thanks to John Drummond of Independence Live for this fascinating talk with A C Grayling. Professor Anthony Grayling is a British philosopher and author of about thirty books. His new book For the...