Speaker: Danny Dorling. In 1926 the Prime Minster claimed: ‘The General Strike is a challenge to Parliament & is the road to anarchy & ruin’. The idea that There Is No Alternative (TINA) was continued by Thatcher in the 1970s & Starmer in 2024: ‘There is no alternative: change takes time.’ In every case there’s an alternative. In every case an alternative always transpires, the world changes, but often not in the way many want. Danny, professor of geography at Oxford, whose latest book is The Next Crisis.: What we think about the future, will talk about control, anarchy, ruin & hope.

Meetings start with a buffet at 7:30pm followed by a talk at 8:00pm, then discussion at about 9:00pm. All meetings are free of charge. Voluntary donations welcome. No need to book. If you can, please bring some vegetarian/vegan food and drink to share.