by Lindsay Mackie | 3 April 2021 | Blog, Rapid Transition
It’s time to put the secateurs, herbicide and peat compost away and let the over-manicured English village return to nature. Thirty years ago we bought a rather rat infested – alright, very rat infested – cottage, and have enjoyed it ever since. It’s where...
by Lindsay Mackie | 10 March 2021 | Blog, The Absent Corporation
The Chancellor’s recent ‘New Towns’ deal – £1bn for 45 towns (of which 40 just happen to be in Tory constituencies) is welcome. So is the £150m to help communities take over pubs, theatres and other local institutions in their areas which have a unifying social...
by Lindsay Mackie | 3 October 2020 | Blog, The Absent Corporation
Lindsay Mackie, Andrew Simms and David Boyle argue that the UK test and trace debacle shows why capitalism – critics of which are now banned from school educational materials – isn’t working The testing crisis in which we are now engulfed could...
by Lindsay Mackie | 21 August 2020 | Blog, The Absent Corporation
The world of staycation is bound to lead to those sad scenes by motorways and country roads of the broken down, burst tire, overheating vehicle. Time to call the AA (Automobile Association) or the RAC – splendid British institutions, supposed to be there to...
by Lindsay Mackie | 5 June 2020 | Blog, The Absent Corporation
In the sorry tale of the UK’s response to the corona virus there are many lessons. The current unfolding illumination is how test and trace is destined to fail because of the actions of this and previous governments which have rendered a sensible response to testing...
