FILM OF DEBATE: Modernisation, development and conservation. Click on the image below to view this film
Book review of Roger Scruton’s ‘Green Philosophy’: weaknesses in thinking seriously about the planet. Click on the image below to read the review
“Italy’s undemocratic government.” As the new government faces confidence votes, my article published by @spikedonline.
A new government was sworn in on 5 September and faces confidence votes in both houses of parliament on 9 and 10 September. If these votes uphold the government, a Eurosceptic government will be replaced by a pro-EU government without an election. You can read the article by clicking on the link below: Italy’s undemocratic … Continue reading
‘Italy needs a general election’. As discussions continue to choose a new government, my article published by @spikedonline argues it is better to let voters decide
In 2018, Italy’s government coalition was selected in negotiations with the President and the EU. This time let the voters decide who governs without non political, technical ministers and not keeping unelected prime minister Conte, as the Five Star Movement is insisting. Click on the link below to read the full article: Italy needs a … Continue reading
“EU drones watch as migrants drown.” My article about how migrants are left to drown and imprisoned. Published by @spikedonline.
The article in the link below was published by Spiked+Online on 14 August 2019; EU drones watch as migrants drown This is the text of the article: EU drones watch as migrants drown Brussels stands accused of ‘crimes against humanity’ for its brutal treatment of migrants. Dominic Standish. A boat carrying 48 migrants, including three … Continue reading
Improving land use to feed more people. Interview with me and an environmental policy specialist on @SkyNews live
Following the publication of the “Special Report on Climate Change and Land” by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 8 August 2019. this interview in the link below was broadcast a couple of hours later: Below there is also a link where you can download the Report: Special Report on Climate Change and … Continue reading
‘Venice asks other ports to help find solution to cruise ship problems’. Article published in The Guardian including my comments
On Saturday 3 August 2019, the article in the link below was published and it includes two quotations from me; Venice asks other ports to help find solution to cruise ship problems
‘Venice Overtourism?’ TV and YouTube interview with me and two Italians on The Newsmakers, @TRT World
This interview was conducted and broadcast on 30 July 2019 and can be viewed by clicking on the link below: Venice Overtourism
‘Is mass tourism ruining vacations as we know them?’ My comments as one of three interviewees during live TV and YouTube broadcast by Al Jazeera @AJStream
This programme was broadcast on 30 July 2019 and can be viewed by clicking on the link below. Feel free to comment, thanks. Is mass tourism ruining vacations as we know them? This debate developed some themes in my article published the day before which can be found in the link below: When did tourism … Continue reading
‘When did tourism become a crime?’ Article by me published by @spikedonline about how tourists are being criminalised from Venice to Rome and Barcelona.
When did tourism become a crime? The article in the link above was published on 29 July 2019. I welcome any comments, thanks. The text is also below. When did tourism become a crime? Dominic Standish. Venice’s new rules for tourists are making life hell for locals, too. This month, two German tourists were fined … Continue reading
‘A daft attempt to shut down Salvini’. Article by me on the EU’s failure to save migrants and why a German NGO ship captain should not be suing Italy’s elected deputy PM. Published by @spikedonline
This is the latest development in the debate about how Italy and the EU treats migrants and the role of NGO sponsored ships. Other articles on how this debate has developed can be viewed on this blog. This article was published on 18 July by Spiked-online and can be seen by clicking on the link … Continue reading
‘The EU’s war on African Migrants’. My article on how the EU and Italy are targetting migrants and their rescuers published by @spikedonline
‘The EU’s war on African Migrants’ was published by Spiked-Online on World Refugee Day, 19 June 2019. This can be read read by clicking on the link below; ‘The EU’s war on African Migrants’ This is the text of the article and I welcome any comments; The EU’s war on African migrants Everyone’s outraged by … Continue reading
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Book Review of ‘Venice in Environmental Peril? Myth and Reality’ by Elisabetta Gasparoni. Click on the image below to read the review on Spiked Review of Books
New York Times/International Herald Tribune. My comments on Pierre Cardin’s proposed LIght Palace for Venice. Click on the image below to read the article
‘IS MASS TOURISM RUINING VACATIONS AS WE KNOW THEM?’ MY COMMENTS AS ONE OF THREE INTERVIEWEES DURING LIVE TV AND YOUTUBE BROADCAST BY AL JAZEERA @AJSTREAM
IMPROVING LAND USE TO FEED MORE PEOPLE. INTERVIEW WITH ME AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY SPECIALIST ON SKY NEWS LIVE
‘VENICE ASKS OTHER PORTS TO HELP FIND SOLUTION TO CRUISE SHIP PROBLEMS’. ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE GUARDIAN INCLUDING MY COMMENTS
‘VENICE OVERTOURISM?’ TV AND YOUTUBE INTERVIEW WITH ME AND TWO ITALIANS ON THE NEWSMAKERS, @TRT WORLD
‘Italy: Renewables Policy as a Barrier to Energy Innovation.’ Click on the image below for a link to the paper
Film of debate: ‘Death in Venice: Is Tourism Killing or Saving the City?’ Click on the image below to view this film
