Populist Politicians And Neoliberalism Are Harming Our Planet - Here`s How We Fight Back
(World News UK)

This blog is adapted from a speech by Billy Bragg at Portcullis House, Houses of Parliament, on Monday 24 June Outside of Broadcasting House in London, the BBC has erected a statue to one of its former employees, George Orwell. Tall, thin, with a cigarette between his fingers, the author of 1984 leans forward as if to make a point. On the wall beside the statue, a quote from the writer’s work has been chiselled into the Portland stone. I’m sure most of us can think of an Orwell quote that we would like to see cut into the edifice of Broadcasting House. ‘Big Brother Is Watching You’ comes to mind, but is a bit harsh on the BBC. And ‘Keep the Aspidistra...