Alex Scrivener

Alex Scrivener is the policy officer at Global Justice Now and the author of ‘The Poor are Getting Richer and other Dangerous Delusions

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Time for a UK agricultural policy that doesn’t subsidise the rich

Now that the UK is leaving the disastrous Common Agricultural Policy, let's transform our farming for good.

By Alex Scrivener

/ 8 Aug 2016

It feels like the tragedy of a generation, but we need to gear up not give up

Progressives in Britain have faced a vast set back. But they can't give up.

By Alex Scrivener

/ 28 Jun 2016

We must fight the ‘leave’ side’s lies on migration, not support them

The remain campaign shouldn't pander to Leave's lies about migration.

By Alex Scrivener

/ 15 Jun 2016

The world: an issue missing from this election campaign

A look at the three main parties’ manifestos confirms that none of them really have any big ideas about the rest of the world.

By Alex Scrivener

/ 6 May 2015

Davos Myth 2: Big business runs things better

Political elites say they love the private sector because it’s so much more efficient than the public sector. In truth, the private sector only works by scrounging billions of pounds of public money in the form. It is the corporate elite, not the poor, who are the real scroungers.

By Alex Scrivener

/ 22 Jan 2015

Davos Myths: Myth 1: The poor are getting richer

Inequality doesn’t matter: the poor are getting richer. This is the fantasy the elite at Davos want us to believe. In reality, while executive pay soars, there are more people living in extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa than ever before. The first in a series of Davos Myths.

By Alex Scrivener

/ 21 Jan 2015