A eureka moment in the pub could help transform our understanding of the ground beneath our feet.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th December 2025
It felt like walking up a mountain during a temperature inversion. You struggle through fog so dense you can scarcely see where you’re going. Suddenly, you break through the top of the cloud, and the world is laid out before you. It was that rare and remarkable thing: a eureka moment.
Corporations and oligarchs are using offshore courts to tear down democratic decisions – and our governments say “welcome”.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st December 2025
How do you reckon our political system works? Perhaps something like this. We elect MPs. They vote on bills. If a majority is achieved, the bills becomes law. The law is upheld by the courts. End of story. Well, that’s how it used to work. No longer.
The government is trying to set us against our ecosystems. We must resist this Trumpian gambit.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th October 2025
This Labour government would have banned the Labour movement – alongside all the other protests that secured our freedoms.
The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th September 2025
Astonishingly, the Tufton Street junktanks that shaped Liz Truss’s agenda are still operating at the heart of government.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th September 2025
The election of Zack Polanski as Green Party leader could be the moment our political drought begins to break.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd September 2025
Marvellous giants are returning to our shores, which means only one thing: pathetic inadequates using them as a test of manhood.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 28th August 2025
Thanks to the government’s draconian new anti-protest order, it’s almost impossible to tell whether you are or are not breaking the law.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th July 2025
The government’s proposed new rules will allow a flood of toxic chemicals to be sold in the UK.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd July 2025
It’s what the extreme right of the Tory party wanted from Brexit: to tear down crucial public protections, including those that defend us from the most brutal and dangerous forms of capital. The Conservatives lost office before they were able to do their worst. But never mind, because Labour has now picked up the baton.