Deregulation is a transfer of power from the trodden to the treading. It is unsurprising that all conservative parties claim to hate big government.
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Those who seek to drag heaven down to earth are destined only to engineer a hell.
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| Birth: | 27th January, 1963 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Activist, Author, Environmentalist, Journalist |
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George Joshua Richard Monbiot was born in Paddington, London, England. He is a British author, journalist, environmental and political activist who writes a weekly column for The Guardian newspaper. He studied at Brasenose College, Oxford. After graduating in Zoology, he joined the BBC Natural History Unit as a radio producer, making natural history and environmental programmes. Working as an investigative journalist, he travelled in Indonesia, Brazil, and East Africa. He has written several books include: Heat, Captive State, Feral, The Age of Consent, Manifesto for a new world order, Amazon Watershed, Bring on the Apocalypse, No Man's Land, Poisoned Arrows, and Anti-capitalism.
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