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Labour activists highlight Tory sleaze and cronyism outside Downing Street, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Labour activists highlight Tory sleaze and cronyism outside Downing Street, London. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Sun 25 Apr 2021 01.00 EDT
Bernard Jenkin spectacularly misses the point: âThere is nothing wrong with a private citizen wanting to make moneyâ is simply not true until you add the word âfairlyâ or âhonestlyâ (âThe line between public service and private gain is shamefully blurredâ, Comment). We applaud and aspire to honest endeavour, invention, flexibility, hard work and a genuine commitment to customersâ and employeesâ wellbeing, but you canât say there is nothing wrong with wanting to make money by cheating people or selling them goods that we know will hurt them or simply offer very little for a high pri
The poorest have suffered worst. Look at how people with disabilities have suffered disproportionately. Meanwhile racism, misogyny, homophobia and all the other prejudiced preconceptions have been given freedom to flourish.
When faced with this, minority communities draw together to rely on their own resources rather than trust the unreliable majority, and when these resources are religious ones they can be double edged.
The understandable rejection of all that is exemplified by establishment figures runs the risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. An all-enveloping religion can give great strength but can run the risk of drifting into fundamentalist rejection of the scientific rationality that underlies modern medicine.
KENDALLVILLE — Sparks flew, bouncing off of a metal table as two pieces of metal were tack welded together as individual welding booths were lit up with the orange glow
An interesting coincidence of articles in last week’s
Observer. In the Business section, Octopus Energy promises a carbon-free future with consumers storing cheap, green electricity in banks of batteries at home and in their electric cars (“Energy needs a digital revolution, and we’re it”). But nothing comes without cost, as reported in “Child labour, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a greener future” (News). The demand from rich countries for rare and even common minerals is already fuelling wars as well as unacceptable labour practices and ecological destruction.
We cannot tackle the climate emergency and hope to continue our rapacious habits. Today’s solution is tomorrow’s problem by virtue of the sheer numbers of humanity, the majority of whom consume next to nothing. We share this little planet with 7 billion others, not to mention all the other species. So let’s forget about an electric vehicle world and start learning to live with less. It might jus