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Mike Buckley

Children living in poverty
Opinion

We must make the moral and pragmatic case for ending child poverty

Mike Buckley
11 December, 2023

Child poverty doesn’t just mean having less opportunities and less access to goods and services growing up. Its effects are long term and in many cases last a lifetime.

Opinion

The return of David Cameron shows Rishi Sunak has no interest in reversing austerity

Mike Buckley
27 November, 2023

‘Cameron was anything but a centrist, but he “did a remarkably good job of playing one on television.’

ULEZ signs
Opinion

We can’t let the narrative on ULEZ dissuade us from radical action on the climate

Mike Buckley
1 August, 2023

In truth Uxbridge is a poor template for the coming national election for either main party.

Starmer
Opinion

To win, Labour needs an inspiring message about fairness

Mike Buckley
13 July, 2023

Labour must manage the balancing act of convincing voters it can deliver greater social justice, climate justice and national security without risking the economy.

Refugees
Opinion

Why the new asylum bill is one of the worst pieces of legislation enacted by the government

Mike Buckley
20 March, 2023

‘The Conservatives have clearly decided that a harsh asylum policy will play for them at the next election.’

Northern Ireland
Opinion

Brexit: The Windsor Framework changes politics more than trade

Mike Buckley
2 March, 2023

It is not the negotiating masterclass that Sunak would have us believe. Most of its provisions were offered unilaterally by the EU in October 2021.

Biodiversity
Opinion

The world’s biodiversity crisis is just as acute as the climate crisis

Mike Buckley
22 December, 2022

Unlike the Paris accord set for climate emissions in 2015 the new Global Biodiversity Framework does not set country specific targets

Gordon Brown
Opinion

Here’s what the next Labour government must do to tackle regional inequality

Mike Buckley
13 December, 2022

‘For regional inequality to come to an end a Labour Government will need to go further, by for example guaranteeing greater funding to poorer regions’

COP26
Opinion

COP27 is a failure the world cannot afford

Mike Buckley
24 November, 2022

Climate change will not wait for us to act. Every week, month and year we delay the ambitious and unavoidable action we need to take to prevent runaway climate breakdown, the harder it becomes to achieve.

Putin
Opinion

There can be no negotiated end to the war that sees Putin annexing more Ukrainian land

Mike Buckley
11 August, 2022

“Giving Putin more Ukrainian land now would not only radically undermine Ukrainian sovereignty but also unravel the post-World War II international system more generally. If Russia is allowed to forcibly annex neighbouring territory, what is to stop other countries from doing the same?”

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