This article first appeared on Medium. If you’re looking for a point by point take down of every so-called fact Michael Shellenberger listed in his recent apology for the ‘climate scare’, this isn’t it. You’ll find plenty, via a simple…
This article was originally published in Byline Times. The UK’s “world class” tracing scheme, designed to prevent a second deadly Coronavirus wave, is unlikely to work at full speed until September or October. The NHS smartphone-based tracking app is a…
This article was first published in ABC Religion and Ethics. Our collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been characterised by two vast failures of imagination: 1) Many people and most governments —particularly those of the United States and the…
This article first appeared on Compass. Many of us who are awake to the climate nightmare cycle through periods of despair on the one hand and desperate hope against hope on the other. We veer between not seeing how we…
By Rupert Read and Emma Dawnay. This article was originally published on Green World. The Cummings (aka Johnson) administration is probably deliberately seeking to drive the UK over a cliff into a ‘no deal’ Brexit. Wringing our hands about this…
By Rupert Read and Treve Nicol. This article was first published in The London Economic. Following the leak of documents from six rounds of trade talks between the US and the UK, it is clear that decisions are being made…
This article was originally published in Byline Times. I want to put to you something uncomfortable but true. And truth is non-negotiable; try negotiating with the atmosphere, or with a virus, and you won’t get very far. This is why…
By Rupert Read and Tara Greaves. This article originally appeared in Byline Times. Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable – Mark Twain While toilet rolls, pasta and flour may have been hard to come by during the Coronavirus…
This article originally appeared on Medium. With the UK being now, scandalously, the European country most affected by the coronavirus outbreak, it’s natural for people to want to help boost their immune systems; but how important is vitamin D in…
By Tom Scott and Rupert Read. This article was orginally published in Byline Times. Trust is invaluable in a public health emergency. This was what our source stressed above all. As someone who has been involved in the effort to…
This article was first published in Idler. Even in the darkest of times, it is human nature to look for the light. But finding anything good amid the horror and despair of coronavirus felt impossible at first – especially when…
By Rupert Read and Deepak Rughani. This article first appeared on the Byline Times. Planet of the Humans is a deeply frustrating work: for it is both seminal and deeply problematic. Its foes have missed or tried to drown out…