Rupert Read
Rupert is a Green Party councillor in Norwich and a Reader in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia where he specialises in environmental and political philosophy and analysis of propaganda. He writes on environmental and social policy, and democratic renewal and reform; he blogs at Rupert’s Read.
The best way to tackle health inequalities, Mr Cameron, is to tackle all inequality
The reason why the Tory health policy will fail is that you cannot attack major societal inequalities like health inequality without attacking inequality itself
The cuts won’t work – time for a Green New Deal
The dominant media meme in the wake of the pre-budget report continues to be the alleged need for government cuts. This has now taken a shriller tone.
Shooting CRU, the climate change messenger
Saudia Arabia’s announcement that the CRU email hack will have a "huge impact" on the Copenhagen summit is unsurprising. But it doesn't change the science.
All Government decisions should be subject to veto by individuals or small groups
Every major decision made at any level of government should be subject to potential veto by an individual or small […]
Reform’s road to ruin
There is so much wrong with today’s Reform report, ‘Road to Recovery’, it is truly hard to know where to […]