Labour must overcome its small-c conservatism Letters: Readers respond to articles by Yanis Varoufakis, Polly Toynbee and George Monbiot on Labour’s economic policies The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Labour must act to save the environment – here’s my three-point plan Carbon budgets that add up, proper protection for Britain’s land and sea, and replacing GDP with a wellbeing index. What Guardian columnist George Monbiot wants for Labour’s manifesto The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
If disillusionment is all Keir Starmer delivers as prime minister, I fear Labour will shrivel and die It’s as if the leader is deleting all the reasons to vote for his party, and bowing to a destructive rightwing agenda, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2024
Beware the side of the brain that plumps for Trump Letters: Janet Dubé, Hazel Davies and Peter Emerson respond to a piece by George Monbiot on the psychology of voters’ support The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2024
In a world built by plutocrats, the powerful are protected while vengeful laws silence their critics In the UK and around the world, those who challenge rich corporations are being hounded and crushed with ever-more inventive penalties, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024
To beat Trump, we need to know why Americans keep voting for him. Psychologists may have the answer US culture is an incubator of ‘extrinsic values’. Nobody embodies them like the Republican front runner, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Jan 29, 2024
What do angry farmers in Nevada and Germany have in common? They’re being exploited by the far right Populists are taking advantage of agrarian protests sparked by genuine crises – and it all feels horribly familiar, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024
The five stages of grief of the British train commuter Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article on his recent nightmare journey on the UK’s privatised rail network The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
Broken-rail Britain: my journey to the heart of the nation’s privatisation nightmare A rail-replacement service turned into a non-existent taxi. Once again, the rich take dividends and the rest of us pay the costs, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2024
What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2024
Cop28 leaves the highway to climate hell wide open Letters: Readers reflect on the failures of the Dubai climate summit and suggest what needs to be done to avert a climate catastrophe The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2023
Call me all the names you want – I won’t stop telling the truth about livestock farming I’ve been accused of being a ‘soyboy’ and ‘in the pay of Big Lettuce’ by one of the most destructive industries on Earth, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2023
Cop28 is a farce rigged to fail, but there are other ways we can try to save the planet Inaction and self-interest are built into climate summits. Instead, we need a voting system that can’t be subverted by fossil fuel producers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023
Top journalist argues BBC 'appeases' extremists after Question Time appearance A LEADING journalist has exposed how the BBC "appeases" extremists in the UK in a social media thread following his appearance on… The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2023
The National (Scotland) · Dec 8, 2023 Question Time audience applauds as writer takes aim at 'government of sadists' THE Question Time audience applauded a writer as he took aim the Government’s Rwanda plan.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 4, 2023 Keir Starmer 'appeasing billionaire right-wing press' with Margaret Thatcher praise KEIR Starmer is “trying to appease the billionaire press” by praising Margaret Thatcher, according to a leading political commentator.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 29, 2023 Here’s a question Cop28 won’t address: why are billionaires blocking action to save the planet? It’s obscene that the super-rich can criminalise protest, while they burn the world’s resources and remain untouched by the law, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023 Britain is broken. What will fix it? Lots and lots of money If the money were for bank bailouts, we wouldn’t hesitate – and £100bn is much better than state failure, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2023 A cocktail of toxins is poisoning our fields. Its effect on humans? Nobody can tell us Many of the chemicals being spread as sewage sludge are untested or can’t be assessed. That’s why I’m suing for answers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023 Hello, Michael Gove? I’d like to report a gang of extremists who are undermining British values Destroying national morale, attacking democracy, inciting hatred … By its own definition, this government is so extreme it should be reported to itself, says George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2023 Confronting the reality of climate emergency Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about collapsing Earth systems
The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023 Government facing legal action over contaminated sewage sludge on farms Campaigners say harmful substances in fertiliser are threatening human health and wildlife through a lack of regulation.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2023 The ‘flickering’ of Earth systems is warning us: act now, or see our already degraded paradise lost When Rishi Sunak granted 27 new North Sea licences this week, he wasn’t thinking about the survival of the living world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2023 Replace the rules of war with the principles of peace Letters: The ‘rule of no war’ must surely be the aim of the civilised world, writes Prof Dr Jeremy Holmes. Plus letters from John Stone, Mike Garnier and Dr Bruce McLeod
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023 ‘Let’s see what we can do’: the market garden in a rewilding project The tenants at Pentwyn, on land bought by Radnorshire Wildlife Trust, plan to produce plenty of food for local people