Cedric Knight 🌍💙5d ago

"most respondents were far to the left of their own voting intentions. The distribution of their stickers suggested a very strong commitment to the NHS, action on climate, compassion, tolerance and an end to billionaire power. But many of the same people have voted or intend to vote for Reform, which would deliver the opposite."

What #Monbiot describes as #RadicalListening in #SouthDevon.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/technique-heal-britain-division-hard-right-radical-listening-constituency-volunteers

I hope (something like_ this can counter the tendency for politics to become a game far removed from community roots, with us as the pieces in the game.
#ukpol #ReformUK #DeepCanvassing

Imagine a technique that can heal Britain of division and keep out the hard right. I call it ‘radical listening’

In my constituency, a group of volunteers chats with people – most of whom find they are to the left of their voting intentions, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Show thread☑️ CathApr 26

@sanderturnhout His message need's Alt-text.

#Monbiot

WenApr 1

The price of deregulation - when will Wasteminster ever learn that fixing the problem is always more expensive than stopping it happening in the first place? See flooding….

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/organised-waste-crime-dump-uk-environment

#Monbiot #Waste #Crime #NoAction #Rubbish #Tipping

Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Claire McNabApr 1

George #Monbiot on how organised waste crime is a huge UK growth industry.

But Monbiot omits how the legal framework drives the crisis. High taxes on regulated landfill create a massive financial incentive to dump illegally, which can be countered only by strict enforcement. But enforcement is negligible.

The result is that curent framework is significantly worse than total deregulation. Landfill taxes are a great principle, but only if enforced.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/01/organised-waste-crime-dump-uk-environment

#ukpol

Say hello to the UK’s most successful growth industry: organised waste crime

Thanks to a sustained ideological assault on regulation, our country has been turned into a literal dump, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
Sabine Hiller 💔🇵🇸🇬🇱🇺🇦Mar 25

#Monbiot on the imminent danger of a collapse of the global food system:

#Policy "across most of the world appears to consist of allowing “the market” (namely a few huge global corporations) to decide what happens next. There’s another way of putting it. Our governments are leaving a group of ruthless speculators to play dice with our lives"

#food #USIsrael #Iran #consolidation
#collapse #foodsecurity #plantbased

@EUCommission
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/25/big-corporations-global-food-system-war-iran

We’re letting big corporations gamble with our lives. Act now, or the food could run out

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
WenMar 19

A good summary by #Monbiot - wanting to have our cake and eat it, the age old story.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/19/iran-greed-oil-capitalism-regimes

#Renewables #War #NetZero #EnergyIndependence #Iran #Israel #USA #Greed #ShortSight

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem

Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
WenMar 13

A pertinent comment in these days of rising energy costs. And the costs of mitigation is just going to rise the longer we delay.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/uk-energy-prices-soaring-war-iran-fossil-fuel-north-sea

#Fuel #Inflation #Economy #ClimateChange #Monbiot

UK energy prices are soaring – and propagandists want to sell you a false reason why

The war on Iran has put fossil-fuel prices centre stage, but don’t believe those who tout ‘maximising the North Sea’ as our salvation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian
WenMar 5

A good article by Monbiot.

So we have Mahmoud (and treat of the motley crew), Farage and the Tabloids on one side….

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/05/shabana-mahmood-immigrants-britain-history

“Of course, it shouldn’t have been left to advertisers. Then and now, it’s the government that needs to confront the lies in the media. Instead, it endorses them and grovels to the oligarchs.”

Fat chance

#Monbiot #Labour #Mahmoud #Farage #Prejudice #Racism #UKPol #HurrahTheBlackShirts

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself

Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

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Show threadAethelNov 24
@sebastian @ksiazki dobra, poczulem inspiracje i 14 wjechala. George #monbiot / Peter Hutchinson - The Invisible Doctrine :) dzieki :) teraz musze pogapic sie w sciane i przemielic to wnglowie
AethelNov 15
Im reading the #invisibledoctrine by #monbiot and i got to the bit where social mammals,when given the choice between physical pain and social isolation, choose the former and it broke me emotionally, how we keep letting this be done to ourselves #capitalism #neoliberalism #exploitation #LonelinessEpidemic