A High Court judge has granted a possession order to evict anti-HS2 campaigners from the Euston tunnel, after a month-long protest against the high-speed rail network and its destruction of woodland. News of the ruling comes as the fifth of…
The Labour Party never does itself any favours, does it? With the government in disarray, Labour had a real chance to put a credible plan forward as an alternative ahead of this May’s local elections. Instead, the party has imploded,…
To achieve net-zero we need global trade to be smaller, shorter, and slower. To do this, we need to reconsider our dependence on materials and products sourced from around the world. As Brexit negotiations continue and the UK makes trade…
Recently, Extinction Rebellion (XR) has resurfaced in the news as they resume acts of non-violent civil disobedience activism. Seventy-seven people were arrested in the wake of their blockades of national and regional newspaper printing presses earlier this month. While effective…
Extinction Rebellion’s (XR) latest escapade in blocking Rupert Murdoch owned print sites, responsible for the distribution of major newspapers including The Sun, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, and The London Evening Standard, is yet another example that illustrates how counterproductive…
This time last year, Extinction Rebellion (XR) were making huge tides of people start to think about their impact on the environment, as well as realising the impact of climate change. But now, it appears they have hit a standstill…
From bush fires in Australia to increased flooding in Britain, the effects of climate change have become ever more apparent in 2019. Consequently, it is unsurprising that governments and sectors of industry such as the music industry are trying to find ways to combat…
It is no new thing to suggest that the Extinction Rebellion (XR) protests of recent weeks have missed the mark. With many activists doing everything to be arrested, some observers have taken a dim view of the movement as a…
My own father is deeply sceptical about Extinction Rebellion. A scientist himself, he has no doubts about the need for radical action to tackle climate change and its increasingly inevitable impacts. His core concern, rather, is the movement’s apparent failure…