Why I’m standing as a Green

I’ve had three mid-life crises, two Damascene conversions and four dozen Big Ideas in the last few years. The doctors, rightly, call it bipolar disorder, and I have a fairly healthy willingness to being told I’m wrong, or to change direction when a wall approaches.

But two Big Ideas in the last couple of [...]

My Message to the G20

Dear G20.
You’re meeting in London this week, and talk will be dominated by the world economic crisis. This is inevitable, and correct, but it needs to be seen in its broadest context; inextricably linked with both climate change and social justice.
As far as I’ve seen, the heads of each G20 country now recognise the reality [...]