Martin WhitlockMany voices, one journey — an open letter about human politicsTrue economic reform means systemic change, which needs a convincing, identifiable, named alternative system that is “oven ready”!Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
Martin WhitlockTHE GOVERNMENT IS IN A HOLE OVER HOUSING. TIME TO STOP DIGGING.As the fallout from the terrible fire at a tower block in North Kensington continues, it may still be months before we know the precise…Jun 25, 2017Jun 25, 2017
Martin WhitlockTHE UK ELECTION HAS STARTED SOMETHING, BUT FOR LASTING CHANGE WE NEED TO GO DEEPERIf we’re interested in long-term change, if we want a new economic and political system that values human wellbeing and respects the…Jun 11, 2017Jun 11, 2017
Martin WhitlockHow Britain’s Olympics success makes the case for the Basic IncomeOne week later, the spectacle of Team GB’s Olympics medals triumph seems a distant memory. It was great while it lasted, not least because…Aug 30, 2016Aug 30, 2016
Martin WhitlockIf we want a kinder, gentler politics, we must first shape a kinder, gentler, economic systemA member of parliament is murdered while doing her job. Flags fly at half mast, parliament is recalled for tributes, campaigning in the…Jun 21, 2016Jun 21, 2016
Martin WhitlockJunior doctors are the standard bearers for a new economyThis government’s confrontation with junior doctors, which looked at one point like a traditional labour dispute about terms and…Apr 28, 2016Apr 28, 2016
Martin WhitlockTo provide affordable housing, we need to defy the conventions of the marketHousing campaigners in Bristol are angry that the city council has sold off 14 council houses, even though the proceeds are to be used to…Apr 25, 2016Apr 25, 2016
Martin WhitlockDecades of sell-offs leave Britain unable to pay its way in the worldThe British government is chucking in some money to rescue UK steel production not as a coherent national investment but to avoid the…Apr 25, 2016Apr 25, 2016
Martin WhitlockBrexit or Bremain — not much of a choice…George Osborne’s blood-chilling predictions of financial armageddon (a cost of £4,300 a year per household) in the event of Brexit make me…Apr 20, 2016Apr 20, 2016
Martin WhitlockSanders the outsider is far ahead of Clinton in the national raceFollowing the New York Primaries last night The Guardian reports as follows:Apr 20, 2016Apr 20, 2016