Yearly Archives: 2024

Would you cast a vote for Jill & Butch please?

I want to vote for the Green party, but because of where I was born I can’t do this without risking a win for Trump/Vance. Who among my readers in safe blue states would be willing to cast a Green vote on my (and the planet’s) behalf?

The Veil of Ignorance

I started reading Daniel Chandler‘s “Free and Equal” when I was at a chamber music weekend with friends at an idyllic spot in what little remains of England’s temperate rainforest in Exmoor. Unfortunately the combination of wilderness, aspirational politics, good company and Brahms sextets was too much for me and I ended up being hospitalised… Read More »

The future is Green: 2024 and beyond

I’ve just donated to – and volunteered for – Jill Stein‘s 2024 campaign. The failed two-party system in the USA (and UK) provides me with very little hope for the future of our imperilled planet: this year’s elections have a near-zero chance of installing suitable leadership on either side of the Atlantic. So, I ask those… Read More »