The ties that now bind nations together are becoming methods for fighting each other.

In the 1970s, the short-sighted western countries responded to OPEC's power with a campaign to boost their own extraction of fossil fuels. That campaign is still advancing, even though we now know it is suicidal.

The best way to respond to Putin's threats is to speed up renewable electric generation.

The UK was going to raise the capital gains tax, but quietly dropped the plan.

The UK is considering an "emergency" approval for use of a neonicotinoid pesticide.

There is a real emergency, but use of neonicotinoids creates its own future emergency for which we have no remedy.

Biden promised he would reverse the wrecker's attack on the immigration judge union, but has not made any change.

The Tories have proposed a bill to privatize the NHS in substance.

They have made the horrible and inadequate US medical system (horrible and inadequate if you're not wealthy) as their model. But in one respect, they have chosen to go further, by removing the requirement that the NHS provide emergency care to everyone.

Given the Tory attitude towards refugees, I suppose that soon they won't get treatment even for broken bones, as part of the "hostile environment".