Rupert Read is a member of the XR national Political Circle. He is the author of the pamphlet Truth and its Consequences (July 2019), and of ‘This civilisation is finished’. He is an XR Spokesperson.
There’s no chance of Boris Johnson’s government implementing any of Extinction Rebellion’s “three demands” to save the climate and biodiversity. So what now?
The government is trying to kill its own trade bill, after Parliament insisted on adding more democracy as a bulwark against secretive negotiations using the Crown prerogative.
Lord Rennard was key to the rise of the Lib Dems - and the dirty politics that came with it. This is why so many Lib Dems have been quicker to defend him than they were to stand up for the NHS.
The electoral system enshrines a duopoly that continues to crumble, while UKIP grow ever closer to their first parliamentary seat. They are no longer a fun sideshow - it is time to scrutinise them properly.
