A consistent pattern is emerging in the UK government's plans and policies, writes Paul Mobbs: the stripping away of human rights and freedoms; the detachment of public institutions from democratic accountability; an increase of the powers of the state; and the empowerment of corporations at the expense of people. We must act to preserve our liberties, while we still can.
… while we still can. What do academy schools, fracking and international trade … This seeks to increase the number of academy schools - even where the parents [14] or the governors [15] of a school strongly object to the change. On …
Medact, the organization of health professionals for a safer, fairer and better world, has called for a five year moratorium on fracking due to its serious hazards to public health, writes Paul Mobbs. Their new report is a powerful challenge to government policy that cannot be ignored.
… and Health by the University of Maryland School of Public Health; The April 2014 study … by the UCL Energy Institute, Warwick Business School and UK Energy Research Centre. This …
Public Health England is guilty of gross scientific misconduct, writes Paul Mobbs, for its apparently deliberate whitewashing of the public health impacts of fracking. But it's all part of a pattern of maladministration that reaches to the heart of government.
… health impact assessments." A Colorado School of Public Health study [5] , cited … (2nd draft), Roxana Witter et. al., Colorado School of Public Health, University of …
The UK's insistence on opening up the UK to fracking is symptomatic of a deeper malaise, writes Paul Mobbs. Of course we need a change of government, but more than that, we need a deeper, enduring change of the nation's governance if we are ever to effect the transition to sustainable policies on energy and environment. It's time for the UK to become truly democratic.
… of the annual financial grant to state schools pupils by 11%, from £87 to £77 ; to … the guise of preventing radicali z ation in schools, the police are highlighting …
Post Brexit, get ready for a massive attack on our liberty, especially on the right to protest, writes Paul Mobbs. With the UK likely to secede from the European Convention on Human Rights, prepare for a new empowerment of police to act with impunity against peaceful activists. We must be ready to stand up, with honour and dignity, for our ancient British right to dissent.
… day. A teacher, today he has a primary school in Southall named in his honour. It … identity - though you won't find that on a school history curriculum! If you go to a …