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”!15 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Jun 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…4 min read·Jun 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…3 min read·Aug 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…5 min read·Jun 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…2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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…2 min read·Apr 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:3 min read·Apr 20, 2016----