Author Archives: Peter Boyer

The elephant in the polling booth

Four days out from an election, the two self-styled “parties of government” remain absent from the important debates about our land and its people. In a world that’s passing them by, they can’t seem to convince anyone that they have … Continue reading

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America’s dimming lamps of knowledge

“The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our life-time,” said British Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to a friend as they watched London street lamps being extinguished in the late summer … Continue reading

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When push comes to shove, banks will abandon us

Did you ever imagine that the bank holding your mortgage, the organisation on which you have effectively staked your future, shares your wish to see the threat of climate change lifted, or will be there for you if and when … Continue reading

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