LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
2022
1 December 2022: Space Snooker
2020
3 May 2020: Covid-19 - what is to be done?
2015
30 January 2015: How Greens are changing the political environment
23 January 2015: The difference between Greens and Labour
15 January 2015: Economist Larry Elliot's critique of degrowth
2014
28 August 2014: Debunking Chris Huhne's paean to growth
22 May 2014: Obituary for my friend and colleague, Martin Dent
2 May 2014: Nudging is anti-democratic and anti-political
15 January 2014: The short-sightedness of fracking as an energy solution
2013
24 October 2013: Simon Jenkins: research and teaching in Universities
8 May 2013: ‘Nudge’ and democracy
2012
28 December 2012: New Labour, cuts, and local government
1 October 2012: On solving the climate challenge - the need for an eco-state
19 August 2012: Pussy riot sentences
24 April 2012: Sortition for the House of Lords
2011
10 November 2011: Europe’s shameful democratic deficit
9 February 2011: Politics and public spaces
27 January 2011: Chinese hotel door sign - 'Don't bother'
2010
26 October 2010: Public, or private?
2009
23 December 2009: THFC and climate change (Part 2)
21 December 2009: On 10:10, THFC and climate change (Part 1)
5 August 2009: On the UK Citizenship process
1 August 2009: On Sky’s James Murdoch’s Edinburgh Festival speech about the BBC
19 April 2009: On Will Hutton’s anti-environmentalism
12 February 2009: On Mark Wallinger’s 50m tall White Horse, due for construction in Kent
2008
25 November 2008: ‘Quality’ Assurance in UK universities (again)
8 July 2008: ‘Quality’ Assurance in UK universities
2007
3 December 2007: Social science in policy-making
15 May 2007: Antarctica
2 May 2007: Voting Green in the local elections
31 January 2007: On climate change
2006
15 September 2006: Climate Change, voting Green, and Al Gore
9 July 2006: On Bjorn Lomborg
23 March 2006: Hobbes and Iraq
31 January 2006: Local sustainability
2005
20 November 2005: Sir David Attenborough and population growth
5 September 2005: Hurricane Katrina
6 November 2005: Tony Blair, transport and climate change
4 November 2005: M6 expansion
1 June 2005: The politics of nuclear power
16 March 2005: New Labour and climate change
8 February 2005: Congestion charge failure in Edinburgh
31 January 2005: Problems with economic growth
1 December 2022: Space Snooker
2020
3 May 2020: Covid-19 - what is to be done?
2015
30 January 2015: How Greens are changing the political environment
23 January 2015: The difference between Greens and Labour
15 January 2015: Economist Larry Elliot's critique of degrowth
2014
28 August 2014: Debunking Chris Huhne's paean to growth
22 May 2014: Obituary for my friend and colleague, Martin Dent
2 May 2014: Nudging is anti-democratic and anti-political
15 January 2014: The short-sightedness of fracking as an energy solution
2013
24 October 2013: Simon Jenkins: research and teaching in Universities
8 May 2013: ‘Nudge’ and democracy
2012
28 December 2012: New Labour, cuts, and local government
1 October 2012: On solving the climate challenge - the need for an eco-state
19 August 2012: Pussy riot sentences
24 April 2012: Sortition for the House of Lords
2011
10 November 2011: Europe’s shameful democratic deficit
9 February 2011: Politics and public spaces
27 January 2011: Chinese hotel door sign - 'Don't bother'
2010
26 October 2010: Public, or private?
2009
23 December 2009: THFC and climate change (Part 2)
21 December 2009: On 10:10, THFC and climate change (Part 1)
5 August 2009: On the UK Citizenship process
1 August 2009: On Sky’s James Murdoch’s Edinburgh Festival speech about the BBC
19 April 2009: On Will Hutton’s anti-environmentalism
12 February 2009: On Mark Wallinger’s 50m tall White Horse, due for construction in Kent
2008
25 November 2008: ‘Quality’ Assurance in UK universities (again)
8 July 2008: ‘Quality’ Assurance in UK universities
2007
3 December 2007: Social science in policy-making
15 May 2007: Antarctica
2 May 2007: Voting Green in the local elections
31 January 2007: On climate change
2006
15 September 2006: Climate Change, voting Green, and Al Gore
9 July 2006: On Bjorn Lomborg
23 March 2006: Hobbes and Iraq
31 January 2006: Local sustainability
2005
20 November 2005: Sir David Attenborough and population growth
5 September 2005: Hurricane Katrina
6 November 2005: Tony Blair, transport and climate change
4 November 2005: M6 expansion
1 June 2005: The politics of nuclear power
16 March 2005: New Labour and climate change
8 February 2005: Congestion charge failure in Edinburgh
31 January 2005: Problems with economic growth