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That's True Too

Caroline
Lucas

‘Waiting for the Out’ is a TV dramatisation of Andy West’s prison memoir ‘The Life Inside’
Photo: BBC

No Hunger for Climate Action

It’s often said the first responsibility of any government is to guarantee the safety of its citizens. On this measure, the Prime Minister is manifestly failing.

In spite of his frequent pledges to the effect that “the safety and security of the British people will always be my top priority”, Keir Starmer is not only not prioritising our security, he’s actively been seeking to suppress evidence of the seriousness of the threats we face.

I’m referring to the recent ‘Global Biodiversity Loss, Ecosystem Collapse and National Security’ report by the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Available within government since last April, the assessment was finally published publicly a few weeks ago – and only under the force of a Freedom of Information request – without publicity, and with some of its most alarming predictions removed.

Bad Press Awards – The Golden Bootlicker for Hack Hagiography Writing

For two weeks in July 1976, the NME carried an advert seeking “hip young gunslingers” to apply for a job at the music paper. It was desperate to find a new crop of writers that could help it move on from its hippy years and connect it to the emerging punk scene.
Mic Wright

The Mandelson Scandal

The departure of the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney – over his appointment of his ally Peter Mandelson as US Ambassador – does not change the systemic culture absorbed by the party that allowed his rise, writes Clive Lewis MP
Clive Lewis MP