Environmental campaigner and former politician Donnachadh McCarthy on the power of political lobbyists and the damage they do to democracy.
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The UK's political mainstream has performed a complete U-Turn in policy on nuclear power, culminating yesterday in the European Commission's approval of a £15-20 billion subsidy package for the Hinckley C project. Donnachadh McCarthy delves into the nuclear industry's deep and far-reaching political links.
… McCarthy | 9th October 2014 Comment Politics Nuclear Energy prostitute-state.png … was published on 1st October 2014. The UK's political mainstream has performed a complete … the nuclear industry's deep and far-reaching political links. Why is our democracy failing …
Democracy campaigner Donnachadh McCarthy is in court tomorrow tomorrow on a fictitious charge of 'assault against a security guard in Parliament Square'. But his real offence was to expose the corruption at the heart of the Lib-Dems, with the sale of peerages by political parties for around £300,000. And now the CPS is trying to deny him a fair trial.
… McCarthy | 13th August 2015 Comment Law Politics UK Human Rights donnachadh-arrest.png … of the Lib-Dems, with the sale of peerages by political parties for around £300,000. And now … about how corruption works in Britain's political system and taken to a police station …
As an excuse to do nothing itself, this Labour Government has often hidden behind US intransigence on climate change, so it’ll be interesting to see how Gordon Brown might respond to a US President more progressive than he on global warming.
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Never mind Cameron's mealy mouthed denials that he or his family benefit from tax havens, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. The real problem is systemic: Britain's entire political establishment has long been owned by tax haven wealth. Finally a senior politician, Jeremy Corbyn, has the courage to stand up to the unaccountable super-rich.
… It's the tax havens that own the politicians! Donnachadh McCarthy | 6th April 2016 Comment Finance Politics UK Economics monaco-cut.jpg Never … real problem is systemic: Britain's entire political establishment has long been owned by …
Charles Kennedy may have struck a chord with voters as a man of the people, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against the Iraq war, suppressed anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face of corporate power, and laid the foundations for Nick Clegg's disastrous takeover.
… Donnachadh McCarthy | 2nd June 2015 Comment Politics UK War charles-kennedy-cut.jpg … McCarthy. But in fact, he was very much a politician. He refused to speak out against … anti war activism, presided over serious political corruption, was supine in the face …
Jeremy's Corbyn's appointment of John McDonnell as shadow Chancellor was bold, provocative and absolutely correct, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. As well as being Corbyn's firm political ally, McDonnell understands the nature and scale of the challenge that he faces as he confronts the corrupt nexus of political and economic power in modern Britain.
… McCarthy | 15th September 2015 Comment Politics Finance UK … McCarthy. As well as being Corbyn's firm political ally, McDonnell understands the … he faces as he confronts the corrupt nexus of political and economic power in modern …
Donnachadh McCarthy is facing 14 years in prison for his peaceful demands for democratic reform in Parliament Square, following his arrest on the order of 'Boris Guards' answerable to the London Mayor. In total four 'occupy democracy' protestors were arrested this weekend a stone's throw from the Westminster media pack - but not a word in the mainstream news.
… McCarthy | 16th February 2014 Activism Politics UK Media occupy-democracy-arrest.jpg … jail. Why? In the UK, Boris Johnson owes his political power to and literally gets paid … taxpayers’ expense. Boris Johnson owes his political career (and his power to order …
Why are we so surprised at the Google tax heist? It's not because there's anything new about it, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. It's because our own political class have long their noses in the trough, and the tax-dodging billionaires that own our mainstream media are anxious to hide the swindle that's keeping them rich, and us poor.
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The climate secretary has been lauded for his coal-fired proposals, but beyond the smokescreen it’s business as usual says Joss Garman
… to be ‘the one’ to lead Labour out of its political crisis, particularly as one of the … Admired by Westminster-village-types as a political fixer in the first place, the … care. Atmospheric make-up doesn’t allow for political compromise, and what he recently …
It probably isn’t too much of an exaggeration to suggest that most people are hard pushed to name a politician they really admire. In Britain, however, one name will come up time and again.
… Ballot Vote European Parliament Environment Politics And Economics BallotBoxing_MAIN.jpg … that most people are hard pushed to name a politician they really admire. In Britain, … Lucas, is consistently appearing on lists of politicians people recognise, like and …
Donnachadh McCarthy, former deputy chair of the Lib-Dems, speaks to The Ecologist about the collapse of British democracy and his hopes for reform.
… McCarthy | 8th November 2013 Comment Politics Society Media prostitute-state.png … this state has four pillars - a corrupted political system, a prostituted media, a … the corrupt practice of Lib-Dem peers selling political-lobbying services to corporations. …
An extreme right-wing coup is unfolding day by day, writes Donnachadh McCarthy, as the government exploits Brexit to justify more huge cuts to public services, extreme deregulation and massive corporate empowerment. A new political leadership must step up to defend our hard-won rights and our children's futures.
… McCarthy | 20th January 2017 Comment Politics Brexit Society daily-mail-cut.jpg An … and massive corporate empowerment. A new political leadership must step up to defend … secretary who shares Corbyn's popular political vision, has come out firmly against …
Elected councillors iin West London have been put on a ‘risk list’ of those posing a threat to Heathrow’s proposed third runway.
… 18th June 2008 Comment BAA Airport Campaigns Politics And Economics Heathrow.jpg Elected … speaking up against the runway plans. Indeed, political pressure has grown so great that … the strength of feeling in London it would be political suicide if they didn’t. There is a …
Following the death of 44 cyclists on London's 'killing roads' since 2011, the city has a new cyclists' movement with a radical edge and a focus on direct action. Donnachadh McCarthy is a co-founder of Stop Killing Cyclists.
… something cracked inside me. I had been a political cycling campaigner for 18 years but still the killing continued. Our political systems are broken. I felt we … taxi reps, 2 aviation reps, 1 HGV rep, 3 Tory Politicians, 1 trade unionist and 1 disabled …
Britain's five top media billionaires are all 'climate sceptic and using their newpapers to disinform us on climate change and block effective action, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. So let's put together a block of climate-aware advertisers to demand they tell the truth.
… December 2015 Comment Climate Change Media Politics UK COP21 carlisle-flooding-cut.jpg … in. A week ago today, wilfully taking the political focus away from the COP21 climate …
'We're here because our parents' generation has failed us and it's up to young people to stop climate change by whatever peaceful means we have left.'
… links involving individuals in political parties, pressure groups, local … is an increasingly powerful force that political elites are proactively courting. The … – notoriously ‘unreliable’ in the eyes of political apparatchiks – central to his …
London cyclists were protesting yesterday at the failure of all but a handful of London's 33 Boroughs to invest in safe cycle routes - and the many thousands of deaths that failure is causing. Donnachadh McCarthy reports.
… since 1986. And every election cycle the main political parties have extolled how they … Liberal Democrats but is now a member of no political party. His third book on the corruption of UK politics, The Prostitute State will be …
A handful of 'climate sceptic' billionaires, owners of most of the UK's biggest selling newspapers, have used their media dominance to spread a false narrative on climate change, and undermine prospects for effective action to curb fossil fuels, writes Donnachadh McCarthy. Campaigners must fight back - beginning with a series of actions that begin outside the Daily Mail this month.
… October 2015 Activism Media Climate Change Politics brain-death-daily-mail-cut.jpg A … to climate action at the top of our political campaigning agenda. Engaging the … resistance would be swept away. The politics would change overnight and instead of …
As the great and good of Britain including its most august royal personages converge on Runnymede to celebrate the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, police are violating the very freedoms the Charter guarantees, writes Donnachadh McCarthy, after declaring an alternative Festival of Democracy to be an 'illegal rave'.
… | 15th June 2015 Comment Human Rights Law Politics UK History meeting-cut.jpg As the … no doubt lost on Surrey Police and their political masters. Your browser does not …
Last night the police were in full force in London's Parliament Square, writes Donnachadh McCarthy - forcibly removing Occupy Democracy protestors and snatching sleeping bags, cardboard and tarpaulins as illegal 'sleeping equipment', apparently on direct orders from the Mayor, Boris Johnson. Yet the rally keeps on growing ....
… McCarthy | 20th October 2014 Comment Politics London Democracy UK od-police-cut.jpg … him about revolutionary versus evolutionary politics. Thankfully it was a mild and dry …
Co-founder of activist group Plane Stupid, Joss Garman reflects on the environmental movements' successes and why, when things look bleaker than ever, we need to remember this
… agenda - once on the margins of British politics - is now seen as part of the ‘glue' … and transport policies and in our nation's political landscape came about because of the … as usual couldn't be an option for our politicians. Despite all this, none of our …
In the first of the Ecologist's new 'If I...' series, the co-founder of aviation campaign group Plane Stupid imagines what he would do if he were in charge of the government's aviation policy.
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