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Martin Whitlock

Martin Whitlock

Many voices, one journey — an open letter about human politics

True economic reform means systemic change, which needs a convincing, identifiable, named alternative system that is “oven ready”!

15 min readFeb 24, 2021

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Martin Whitlock

THE 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…

4 min readJun 25, 2017

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Martin Whitlock

THE UK ELECTION HAS STARTED SOMETHING, BUT FOR LASTING CHANGE WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

If we’re interested in long-term change, if we want a new economic and political system that values human wellbeing and respects the…

4 min readJun 11, 2017

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THE UK ELECTION HAS STARTED SOMETHING, BUT FOR LASTING CHANGE WE NEED TO GO DEEPER

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Martin Whitlock

How Britain’s Olympics success makes the case for the Basic Income

One week later, the spectacle of Team GB’s Olympics medals triumph seems a distant memory. It was great while it lasted, not least because…

3 min readAug 30, 2016

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How Britain’s Olympics success makes the case for the Basic Income

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Martin Whitlock

If we want a kinder, gentler politics, we must first shape a kinder, gentler, economic system

A member of parliament is murdered while doing her job. Flags fly at half mast, parliament is recalled for tributes, campaigning in the…

5 min readJun 21, 2016

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If we want a kinder, gentler politics, we must first shape a kinder, gentler, economic system

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Martin Whitlock

Junior doctors are the standard bearers for a new economy

This government’s confrontation with junior doctors, which looked at one point like a traditional labour dispute about terms and…

2 min readApr 28, 2016

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Junior doctors are the standard bearers for a new economy

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Martin Whitlock

To provide affordable housing, we need to defy the conventions of the market

Housing campaigners in Bristol are angry that the city council has sold off 14 council houses, even though the proceeds are to be used to…

2 min readApr 25, 2016

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To provide affordable housing, we need to defy the conventions of the market

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Martin Whitlock

Decades of sell-offs leave Britain unable to pay its way in the world

The British government is chucking in some money to rescue UK steel production not as a coherent national investment but to avoid the…

2 min readApr 25, 2016

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Decades of sell-offs leave Britain unable to pay its way in the world

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Martin Whitlock

Brexit 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…

2 min readApr 20, 2016

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Martin Whitlock

Sanders the outsider is far ahead of Clinton in the national race

Following the New York Primaries last night The Guardian reports as follows:

3 min readApr 20, 2016

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Sanders the outsider is far ahead of Clinton in the national race

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Martin Whitlock

Martin Whitlock

Writer, businessman, keen amateur builder and critic of neoliberalism. Author of Human Politics, Human Value. Co-convenor of the #humanpolitics project.

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