Food, Farming and Fertility: Chemical Connections Ultra-processed foods now make up over 50% of the average UK diet — and they're being linked to rising chronic disease, falling fertility rates, and tens of thousands of premature deaths each year...
A notable day on Saturday: the final manifestation of Just Stop Oil out on the streets of London, blocking traffic. I was asked to say a few words at the celebration that followed – this (plus a few embellishments!) is what I said:
Revisiting the Case for Tidal Energy on the Severn in three Parts: The Severn Estuary Commission’s new Report. Tidal Energy on the Severn vs. Nuclear Power. The RSPB: Irretrievably Stuck in the Mud. Part 1: The Seven Estuary Commission’s...
When the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was going through Parliament in 2021, there was huge public concern, expressed in a nationwide Kill the Bill campaign. Labour’s opposition to the Bill was lukewarm at best, as if Labour MPs...
"Earlier today, Just Stop Oil announced it will cease all campaigning activities at the end of April. This decision follows the UK government's new policy against North Sea oil and gas developments, a victory influenced by Just Stop Oil's impactful...
Poor old Ed Miliband. I can’t help but worry about his psychological wellbeing, having to deal every day with Keir Starmer (“Get Britain Growing Again”) and Rachel Reeves, who’s turning out to be an even more tin-eared and...
And still the genocide in Gaza goes on. After cutting off all aid into the territory (“weaponising starvation”), and refusing to implement the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, Israel is now cutting off all remaining electricity supplies to...
In response to the alarming news that 2024 was the hottest year ever and January 2025 the hottest January on record, Keir Starmer's solution is to double down on nuclear energy as a means to achieve instant economic growth. Meanwhile, Ed Miliband...
Yesterday was a good day. Over 1000 people blocked the road outside the High Court in The Strand, in solidarity with 16 Just Stop Oil protesters inside the court, appealing against their excessive sentences – adding up to a combined 41 years for...
The shadow cast by Trump’s second presidency is so overwhelming that the shadow cast by the Starmer/Reeves government over the last few weeks has gone inadequately remarked upon. In both countries, social injustice is killing people on a grand...
