Let’s invest in trust

First published by Common Weal Forget all the scam artists on the internet, when you stop and think about it, investing is a pretty noble thing. Investing means that you sacrifice something now with the hope and faith that you will eventually gain something worth more...

The anger in my grief

If I was a poet I’d pen some verse. If I was a boxer I’d punch a wall. But I’m me, so I’ll rage at society and its ills. Because today they buried my friend. He was one of my closest friends, someone I’ve grown up with one way or another...

When no-one is sleeping, we need to wake up

First published by Common Weal Are you sleeping well? Because I know a lot of people aren’t. I’m one of them, and when I’ve shared that with other activists a worrying number have said ‘no, me neither’. I get emails about despair. It is...

We must fight back against stupid paperwork

Yesterday I was in Birmingham speaking at the Annual Conference of the Institute of Economic Development. I was talking about the kinds of economic shifts we need to make in a changing world and as part of that I discussed decentralisation and the need to remove the...

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