Ungainly on landhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtstqrjd4k2fThis is short essay contains important lessons. It is not enough to position ourselves. We should be actively confronting power. https://simonpearson1.substack.com/p/the-left-that-talks-to-itself24 Aug 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtstqrjd4k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtq65xvlik23HG Wells is alleged to have remarked "Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race”. You could see this shocking chart as an index of civilisation. A country which gets this issue so badly wrong is likely to fail in many other ways. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtq65xvlik23https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtjpi5izwc25So normal has the BBC's both-sidesing of far right talking points become that about half the respondents to this post took it seriously. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjpi5izwc25https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtikol4bkk2pOn BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze tonight: “Slavery - Right or Wrong?” Some people say it’s morally wrong. On the other hand, it makes a tonne of money. On the panel: Edward Colston, King Leopold II, Tommy Robinson and Matt Goodwin. Join us as we discuss one of the great moral dilemmas of the day.20 Aug 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtikol4bkk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mthpfwnoy22jI'm deeply ashamed of my profession. Its treatment of Jason Arday - right across the board - fills me with disgust and horror. The tormenting of a highly vulnerable man was seen as monetisable entertainment. This is a stain that won't wash off. https://bylinetimes.com/2026/08/19/jason-arday-we-must-rage-rage-against-the-journalism-of-cruelty/19 Aug 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthpfwnoy22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtgh2ltrec2zWhen you consider the campaigns of the billionaire press across a wide range of issues, a principle emerges. The principle goes as follows: We will do and should do nothing for the sake of anyone else. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgh2ltrec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtg7zeemac2gWe do not build the reservoirs needed to store the rain that falls here. We do not build strategic food reserves needed to maintain provision in hard times. We failed to build effective stores of PPE, to protect us in pandemics. This country has long been governed by people who do not prepare.19 Aug 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg7zeemac2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtg2n2ckuk2pThis is what the billionaire press and many politicians were campaigning so hard to destroy. Their freedom to drive took precedence over our children's freedom to thrive. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/ulez-better-lung-size-function-london-children?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other19 Aug 2026 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg2n2ckuk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtf3pywb5c2iI've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453 https://goodlaw.social/62545318 Aug 2026 20:49 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf3pywb5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mtek37o6fk2hIt seems to me that "dropping a bombshell" by suddenly supporting new oil and gas is what counts for Dale Vince. By no means the first time he's taken a poorly-evidenced position that generates a lot of publicity. I see him as multi-millionaire self-publicist first, environmentalist a distant second18 Aug 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtek37o6fk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mt5bdz5vhk2hThe treatment of Jason Arday was massively out of proportion to his faults. People who have committed terrible crimes have received less scrutiny, yet I don't believe anything he did or said even crossed the threshold of criminality. How many of us would have survived what he was put through? 🧵15 Aug 2026 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5bdz5vhk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mt5agf7n6c2hWe need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1 https://goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a115 Aug 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5agf7n6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3mszunhzj4k22Repeated dawn raids by the police on peaceful, decent people who have made social media posts supportive of Palestine Action. They are being treated as if they were building bombs. Tell me this isn't authoritarianism. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/this-is-not-britain-grew-up-activists-raided-police-palestine-action14 Aug 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszunhzj4k22https://bsky.app/profile/georgemonbiot.bsky.social/post/3msztfgg2vs2dIf @andyburnham.bsky.social were Prime Minister during the Blitz: "There is an urgent problem of bombs falling on London. They appear to be coming out of the sky. We convened a COBRA meeting to discuss it. The root causes of this problem are not something I am prepared to discuss." #ClimateEmergency14 Aug 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:codfx2epdduamfycuyi5fjpb/app.bsky.feed.post/3msztfgg2vs2d