In their letter to The Guardian of 19 October 2022 to mark world population growing to 8 billion people, Robin Maynard (Population Matters) and John Seager (Population Connection) focus on the risks to planetary sustainability arising from human population growth. However, their focus on population growth is simplistic and fails to grasp the imbalance of… Read More »
One of the paradoxes of the narrow vote by people in the UK to ask for a BREXIT is that in fact the worst (and again unfounded) fears of those arguing to leave the European Union may come true. Unless the resolution is cathartic by way of a separation of Scotland (and possibly other parts… Read More »
Most important decisions taken at popular level about political direction are about the image of a future we want, rather than a secure prediction about what it will be like. This is why, unless there is major discontent on the economic front, perspectives on issues that speak to emotions such as safety and security, justice… Read More »