If any historians survive the environmental crises to come, they will look back on the political follies of the 2020s with horror. While the international rise of fascism mirrors many aspects of the 1930s, current economic fantasies are more reminiscent of the 1980s. The financial deregulation of that decade led directly to the 1990 and 2008 crashes, while that decade’s […]
Red lines, green lines
I was interested to hear this morning’s reports that the Wildlife Trusts, RSPB and National Trust are saying they could urge their millions of members “to take to the streets in demonstrations” over the Government’s attack on nature. It strongly takes me back to 2011-12, at a time England was threatened with having its planning guidance scrapped and replaced with […]
The end of abundance
French president Emmanuel Macron made a speech on Wednesday that was little reported on this side of the Channel – which is a shame, because it may mark the beginning of a tidal change in western politics. Speaking at the French Cabinet, he warned that the tough economic times to come could mark the world facing a possible “end of […]