It started out with a tweet: How we got the BBC to change its policy on ‘debating’ climate change
Rupert Read on how saying ‘no’ to an interview kicked off a series of events that led to a welcome u-turn from the BBC.
Rupert Read
Website 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.
Sorry, BBC: I will no longer debate climate-change deniers
The day the charade of ‘balance’ had to stop.
The idea of a progressive alliance is dead. The Greens need a new strategy
Green support for the idea of a ‘progressive alliance’ at the last election was just a signal to vote Labour, argues Rupert Read.
America’s democratic gamble is terrifying – we must do all we can to oppose it
No one who believes in democracy can vote for Trump
It’s three months since the referendum — do you feel in control?
Rupert Read outlines six steps towards a more people-focused Britain
Progressive alliances could be a game-changer – for the Greens and the country
A cross-party discussion of progressive alliances is scheduled for the Green Party Conference in Birmingham today
Ten EU referendum lessons and ten Green ideas for what’s next
The referendum will be a big setback for the left, unless it finds creative responses
I’ve changed my mind—I’m backing Remain
Rupert Read of the Green Party explains why his view has changed in recent days
Does economic growth boost inequality and pollution?
A new cross-party group chaired by Caroline Lucas considers the limits of growth
Exposed: The pro-Assad useful idiots in our midst
Rupert Read argues that the pro-Assad useful idiots at Medialens has let its anti-American dogma put it on the wrong side of the Arab Spring.