# Ron Bailey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ron_Bailey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ron_Bailey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Bailey > Source revision: 1357344068 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British environmental and democratic reform campaigner (born 1943)}} {{similar names|Ronald Bailey (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} alt=Ron Bailey, parliamentary campaigner, at his 80th birthday celebration in Westminster, London (March 2023).|thumb|261x261px|Ron Bailey, parliamentary campaigner, at his 80th birthday celebration in Westminster, London (March 2023). '''Ron Bailey''' (born 7 March 1943) is a British environmental, author, democratic reform and community campaigner associated with cross-party environmental legislation and Green politics in the UK.{{cite web |last=Barnett |first=Peter |date=September 1998 |title=The First Quarter Century of the Green Party, 1973–1998 |url=https://green-history.uk/political/eco-green-party/party-potted-history |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=Green History UK |publication-date=7 September 2018}} He first became known for his involvement in the [family squatting movement](/source/Squatting_in_England_and_Wales) of the 1970s, and later, for parliamentary lobbying campaigns relating to [energy conservation](/source/Energy_conservation_in_the_United_Kingdom), [sustainable transport](/source/sustainable_transport), [democratic reform](/source/democratic_reform) and [localism](/source/Localism_(politics)). Bailey has been described as a behind-the-scenes strategist in the passage of environmental and local government [private members' legislation](/source/Private_members'_bills_in_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom) in [Westminster](/source/Westminster_Parliament), frequently [working across party lines](/source/Bipartisanship) with MPs, Peers and campaigning organisations. == Early activism == [[File:You Can't Evict an Idea (6766651365).jpg|alt=Banner outside the Bank of Ideas, a squatted former Royal Bank of Scotland building in London, in 2012.|thumb|192x192px|Banner outside the [Bank of Ideas](/source/Bank_of_Ideas), a squatted former [Royal Bank of Scotland](/source/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland) building in London, in 2012.]] Bailey was involved in housing and [community activism](/source/community_activism) in London during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including campaigns on [homeless families](/source/homeless_families), [urban housing conditions](/source/Urban_housing_system_reform) and opposition to speculative property vacancy in London. He worked with activists in [East London](/source/East_London) housing campaigns connected with the [family squatting movement](/source/Squatting_in_England_and_Wales) – including opening empty properties to [homeless families](/source/homeless_families) in [Ilford](/source/Ilford) in 1969 after [Redbridge Council](/source/Redbridge_Council) acquired housing for redevelopment.{{cite news |last=Sebestyen |first=Amanda |date=19 November 2005 |title=Tony Mahoney |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/nov/19/guardianobituaries.gayrights |access-date=10 May 2026 |work=The Guardian}} According to fellow campaigner Jim Radford, Bailey played a central role in researching [trespass](/source/trespass) law and developing the legal strategy used by early family squatting campaigners in the capital.{{Cite news |last=Radford |first=Jim |date=2004-02-11 |title=The squatting campaign: Homes for families |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2004/feb/11/voluntarysector.comment1 |access-date=2026-06-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} During the early 1970s, Bailey became linked with broader urban campaigns concerning tenant organisation, community self-management and local democracy. In January 1974, with [Jack Dromey](/source/Jack_Dromey), Jim Radford, Tony Mahoney – as part of a group of perhaps 80 protesters – Bailey helped organise the [occupation of Centre Point](/source/Centre_Point),{{Cite news |last=Booth |first=Robert |date=2024-01-17 |title=Fifty years on, could we see another Centre Point-style housing protest? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/17/fifty-years-on-could-we-see-another-centre-point-style-housing-protest |access-date=2026-06-01 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} a vacant [office tower](/source/office_tower) in central London; a high profile [protest](/source/protest) against [homelessness](/source/Homelessness_in_the_United_Kingdom) and property speculation in [central London](/source/central_London).{{cite book |last1=Wates |first1=Nick |title=Squatting: The Real Story |last2=Wolmar |first2=Christian |publisher=Bay Leaf Books |year=1980}} == Green politics == Bailey became active in the [Ecology Party](/source/Ecology_Party), which subsequently became the [Green Party of England and Wales](/source/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales). Histories of the party describe him as supporting the party's development during the 1970s and 1980s, when he acted as an election coordinator. In 1992, Bailey was the [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales)'s campaigns officer. He joining the party's executive committee as campaigns coordinator the following year. Historical documentarian of the [Green Party](/source/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales), Peter Barnett, credited Bailey's "energetic campaigns department" with helping local Green Party branches through a programme of nationally coordinated campaigns during the party's mid-1990s recovery. He was associated with Green campaigns that opposed the [community charge](/source/Community_Charge) (poll tax) and he promoted community-based [environmental campaigning](/source/Environmental_campaign). Bailey stood as a Green Party candidate for the [Leiston ward](/source/2015_Suffolk_Coastal_District_Council_election) at the [2015 Suffolk Coastal District Council election](/source/2015_Suffolk_Coastal_District_Council_election).{{cite web |date=8 May 2015 |title=Declaration of result of poll: Leiston Ward |url=https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Elections/Election-notices-SCDC/2015/District-election-7-May-2015/Declaration-of-district-council-election-results.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250414100353/https://www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/assets/Elections/Election-notices-SCDC/2015/District-election-7-May-2015/Declaration-of-district-council-election-results.pdf |archive-date=14 April 2025 |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=Suffolk Coastal District Council }} He has since been identified in Green political histories as involved with the development of [localist](/source/Localism_(politics)) and [decentralist](/source/decentralist) strands within [British Green politics](/source/British_Green_politician).{{cite journal |last=Kingsnorth |first=Paul |year=2005 |title=Beyond NGOs: an integrated approach to social justice |journal=European Business Review |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=290–295 |doi=10.1108/ebr.2005.05417dab.003 }} == Environmental and parliamentary lobbying == During the late 1980s and 1990s, Bailey worked on parliamentary [lobbying](/source/Lobbying_in_the_United_Kingdom) campaigns relating to [energy efficiency](/source/Energy_efficiency_in_British_housing), [sustainable transport](/source/sustainable_transport) and [environmental legislation](/source/environmental_legislation), including with the Sustainable Energy Partnership and the Sustainable Energy Association, where he was credited for supporting the enactment of [minimum energy performance standards](/source/Minimum_energy_performance_standard) in domestic buildings.{{cite web |year=2022 |title=Sustainable Energy Association: Impact and value report, 2021 |url=https://sustainableenergyassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/SEA-Impact-and-Value-Report_April-2022.pdf |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Sustainable Energy Association}} ==== Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 ==== thumb|192x192px|Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 Working with [Friends of the Earth](/source/Friends_of_the_Earth), the Association for the Conservation of Energy and cross-party MPs, Bailey participated in campaigns supporting [Diana Maddock](/source/Diana_Maddock%2C_Baroness_Maddock)'s [Home Energy Conservation Act 1995](/source/Energy_efficiency_in_British_housing),{{Cite web |last=Cockroft |first=Stephanie |date=2020-06-27 |title=Liberal Democrat peer Diana Maddock dies aged 75 |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/baroness-diana-maddock-dead-liberal-democrat-a4481956.html |access-date=2026-06-01 |website=The Standard |language=en}} which required energy conservation authorities to improve the [energy efficiency of residential accommodation](/source/Energy_efficiency_in_British_housing) in their areas.{{cite web |title=Home Energy Conservation Act 1995 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/10/contents |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=legislation.gov.uk}} Peter Barnett described the enactment of the 1995 Act as the result of three years of campaigning, lobbying and coalition-building led by Bailey. In 2001, during a debate on [Des Turner](/source/Des_Turner)'s Home Energy Conservation Bill, [Sydney Chapman](/source/Sydney_Chapman_(politician)) stated that Bailey "played an enormous part in preparing the bill".{{cite web |date=30 November 2001 |title=Home Energy Conservation Bill |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2001-11-30/debates/17cea844-d7a7-4f14-a4da-67c94291fd02/HomeEnergyConservationBill |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}} Later, in 2020, [Lord Foster](/source/Don_Foster%2C_Baron_Foster_of_Bath) praised Bailey for his assistance with the Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill, whilst [Lord Best](/source/Richard_Best%2C_Baron_Best) described him as "a wonderful advocate for [sustainable energy](/source/sustainable_energy)".{{cite hansard|title=Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL]|house=Lords|date=7 February 2020|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2020-02-07/debates/6E8A0B2D-7C4A-4C87-B9B6-0E59D6A0B8F6/DomesticPremises(EnergyPerformance)Bill(HL)|access-date=10 May 2026}}{{cite web |date=7 February 2020 |title=Domestic Premises (Energy Performance) Bill [HL] |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2020-02-07/debates/45023680-92D1-4EF1-AC56-20B83289A51C/DomesticPremises%28EnergyPerformance%29Bill%28HL%29 |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}} In 2023, during the second reading of [Sarah Olney](/source/Sarah_Olney)'s Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings Bill, she thanked Bailey for his "time and commitment" to that campaign.{{cite web |date=24 March 2023 |title=Minimum Energy Performance of Buildings Bill |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2023-03-24/debates/6CBD1CB0-7EF6-4F82-BAE6-0BA219153E47/MinimumEnergyPerformanceOfBuildingsBill |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}} In 2022, Foster later thanked [Electrical Safety First](/source/Electrical_Safety_First) and "especially Mr Ron Bailey" during a debate on the Domestic Premises (Electrical Safety Certificate) Bill, and in 2024, during the second reading of the [Lord Redesdale](/source/Rupert_Mitford%2C_6th_Baron_Redesdale)'s Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill, he also praised Bailey for raising awareness of [lithium-ion battery safety](/source/Lithium-ion_battery).{{cite web |date=15 July 2022 |title=Domestic Premises (Electrical Safety Certificate) Bill [HL] |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2022-07-15/debates/C7645137-D90A-407B-AC36-1491D6DA97C7/DomesticPremises%28ElectricalSafetyCertificate%29Bill%28HL%29 |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}}{{cite web |date=6 September 2024 |title=Lithium-ion Battery Safety Bill [HL] |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2024-09-06/debates/738EAE4C-F67B-4AF5-AA7A-94759672C9D0/Lithium-IonBatterySafetyBill |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}} ==== Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 ==== Bailey was involved in the passage of [Don Foster](/source/Don_Foster%2C_Baron_Foster_of_Bath)'s [Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997](/source/London_congestion_charge), legislation requiring local authorities to consider policies for reducing [road traffic](/source/road_traffic) growth. He was credited by [Cynog Dafis](/source/Cynog_Dafis) with developing the strategy used in that campaign.{{cite web |title=Road Traffic Reduction Act 1997 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/54/contents |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=legislation.gov.uk}}{{cite web |title=Lecture by Cynog Dafis |url=https://www.library.wales/fileadmin/docs_gwefan/new_structure/catalogues/about_our_collections/archives/welsh_pol_archive/lecture/dar_awg_cynnog_dafis_2005.pdf |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=National Library of Wales}} ==== Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 ==== Bailey was associated with [Mark Lazarowicz](/source/Mark_Lazarowicz)'s Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006. It promoted [microgeneration](/source/Microgeneration_(energy)), [renewable energy](/source/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_Kingdom) and reductions in [carbon emissions](/source/carbon_emissions), and is regarded as an early example of cross-party [environmental legislation](/source/environmental_legislation) achieved through parliamentary campaigning.{{cite web |title=Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Act 2006 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/19/contents |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=legislation.gov.uk}}{{cite web |date=23 June 2008 |title=Work of Ron Bailey |url=https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/36102/work-of-ron-bailey |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=UK Parliament Early Day Motions}} ==== Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Act 2009 ==== In 2009, during the passage of [Peter Ainsworth](/source/Peter_Ainsworth)'s [Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill,](/source/Green_Energy_(Definition_and_Promotion)_Act_2009) aimed at reducing [carbon emissions](/source/carbon_emissions), increasing [energy security](/source/energy_security), and tackling [fuel poverty](/source/Fuel_poverty_in_the_United_Kingdom), [Alan Simpson](/source/Alan_Simpson_(British_politician)) said he owed Bailey "a particular debt of gratitude" for his assistance.{{cite web |date=3 July 2009 |title=Green Energy (Definition and Promotion) Bill |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2009-07-03/debates/09070374000002/GreenEnergy%28DefinitionAndPromotion%29Bill |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}} During the 1990s and 2000s, Bailey was linked to projects promoting [local food economies](/source/Local_food), community retailing and opposition to [supermarket](/source/supermarket) concentration.{{cite web |title=What's wrong with supermarkets? |url=https://corporatewatch.org/ |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Corporate Watch}} Since 2019, Bailey has been associated with the [Climate and Nature Bill](/source/Climate_and_Nature_Bill), working with environmental advocacy group, [Zero Hour](/source/Zero_Hour_campaign_(UK)).{{cite news |date=2 February 2021 |title=The activists who have turned to politics to protect the planet |url=https://environmentjournal.online/features/feature-the-activists-who-have-turned-to-politics-to-protect-the-planet/ |access-date=10 May 2026 |work=Environment Journal}} In 2023, [Redesdale](/source/Rupert_Mitford%2C_6th_Baron_Redesdale) thanked Bailey during the third reading of the amended bill through the [House of Lords](/source/House_of_Lords), describing Bailey as "a seasoned campaigner who has brought so many [[private members' bills](/source/Private_members'_bills_in_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom)] before Parliament".{{cite web |date=21 April 2023 |title=Ecology Bill [HL] |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2023-04-21/debates/20DCFE37-AD3E-48D4-847A-7501A9F10577/EcologyBill%28HL%29 |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}}{{Cite web |last=Redesdale |first=Rupert |date=2023-01-25 |title=We must aim higher to reverse nature's destruction |url=https://www.zerohour.uk/redesdale-report/ |access-date=2026-05-10 |website=Zero Hour |language=en-GB}} As an adviser to Zero Hour,{{Cite web |title=Team |url=https://www.zerohour.uk/team |access-date=2026-06-02 |website=Zero Hour |language=en}} he has also supported its 2026 [Nature and National Security Bill](/source/Zero_Hour_campaign_(UK)) campaign. == Democratic reform and localism == Bailey was involved in campaigns for [freedom of information](/source/Freedom_of_information_in_the_United_Kingdom) and local [government transparency](/source/government_transparency) during the 1980s. He contributed to discussions surrounding access to local authority information and published work on [official secrecy](/source/Official_Secrets_Act_1989) and [municipal governance](/source/municipal_governance).{{cite journal |title=The UK's Freedom of Information Act (2000) and new modes of governance |url=https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/journal_international_media_entertainment_law/jimel-v7-1.pdf |journal=Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law |publisher=American Bar Association |access-date=10 May 2026}} Bailey also became associated with [constitutional reform](/source/Constitutional_reform_in_the_United_Kingdom) and democratic participation campaigns linked to [Charter 88](/source/Charter_88) and later [Unlock Democracy](/source/Unlock_Democracy), where he was a director. He advocated reforms including [decentralisation](/source/Decentralization), [participatory democracy](/source/participatory_democracy), [citizens' initiatives](/source/Citizens'_Initiative_(procedure)) and [referendums](/source/Referendum).{{cite web |last=Aitchison |first=Guy |date=11 October 2009 |title=Call for a citizens' convention |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/ourkingdom/call-for-citizens-convention/ |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=openDemocracy}} ==== Sustainable Communities Act 2007 and (Amendment) Act 2010 ==== thumb|192x192px|Sustainable Communities Act 2007 In 2004, Bailey co-founded [Active Citizens Transform](/source/Active_Citizens_Transform) (ACT) with [Charles Secrett](/source/Charles_Secrett), a non-party political movement advocating for a participatory, sustainable society and opposing the [first-past-the-post](/source/first-past-the-post) system. ACT was closely linked with the campaign for [Nick Hurd](/source/Nick_Hurd)'s [Sustainable Communities Act 2007](/source/Sustainable_Communities_Act_2007), which aimed to increase the influence of [local authorities](/source/Local_authorities_in_the_United_Kingdom) and communities over [local economic](/source/Local_economic_development) and [environmental policy](/source/environmental_policy).{{cite news |last=van der Zee |first=Bibi |date=28 May 2008 |title=Nuisance value |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/may/28/activists.ethicalliving |access-date=10 May 2026 |work=The Guardian}} Bailey served as national organiser for [Local Works](/source/Local_Works), which coordinated support for the proposed legislation among community organisations, environmental groups and [MPs](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)).{{cite news |date=29 March 2007 |title=Campaigners prepare to fight for services |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/1290676.campaigners-prepare-to-fight-for-services/ |access-date=10 May 2026 |work=The Bolton News}}{{cite web |date=12 June 2007 |title=Sustainable Communities Bill: Committee stage (report) |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/RP07-54/RP07-54.pdf |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=House of Commons Library}} The initiative was supported by [Friends of the Earth](/source/Friends_of_the_Earth), the [Campaign to Protect Rural England](/source/Campaign_to_Protect_Rural_England) and the [National Federation of Women's Institutes](/source/National_Federation_of_Women's_Institutes), and commentators of the campaign described Bailey as securing broad parliamentary backing for the bill.{{cite web |title=Local Works campaign archive |url=https://www.localworks.org/ |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Local Works}} During a 2010 debate on [Alistair Burt'](/source/Alistair_Burt)s [Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill](/source/Sustainable_Communities_Act_2007_(Amendment)_Act_2010), [Nick Hurd](/source/Nick_Hurd) said that [Local Works](/source/Local_Works) was represented around [Westminster](/source/Palace_of_Westminster) "mostly in the person of Ron Bailey", describing his knowledge of [parliamentary procedure](/source/parliamentary_procedure) as beneficial to supporters of the bill.{{cite web |date=26 February 2010 |title=Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Bill |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2010-02-26/debates/10022623000001/SustainableCommunitiesAct2007%28Amendment%29Bill |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Hansard}} == Energy policy and anti-nuclear campaigning == Bailey has written and campaigned on [UK energy policy](/source/UK_energy_policy), including criticism of [nuclear power expansion](/source/Nuclear_power_in_the_United_Kingdom) and government [energy planning](/source/energy_planning) assumptions.{{cite news |last=Harvey |first=Fiona |date=31 January 2012 |title=Ministers 'misled MPs over need for nuclear power stations' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/jan/31/ministers-misled-mps-nuclear |access-date=10 May 2026 |work=The Guardian}} He authored reports questioning the evidence base used by successive governments to justify new [nuclear power stations](/source/Nuclear_power_stations_in_the_UK), including ''A Corruption of Governance?'', published with [Unlock Democracy](/source/Unlock_Democracy) and the [Association for the Conservation of Energy](/source/Association_for_Decentralised_Energy).{{Cite journal |last1=Bailey |first1=Ron |last2=Blair |first2=Lotte |date=January 2012 |title=A corruption of governance? How Ministers and Parliament were misled |url=https://cdn.ca.emap.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2012/02/ACE-Campaigns-MPs-misled-over-nuclear.pdf |journal=Unlock Democracy |pages=44}} == Influence and reception == His campaigning style has been characterised by the use of [cross-party](/source/Bipartisanship) parliamentary alliances combined with [grassroots activism](/source/grassroots_activism), and several [MPs](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) and [Peers](/source/Members_of_the_House_of_Lords) have described Bailey as influential behind-the-scenes in the development of environmental and [local government](/source/Local_government_in_England) legislation. In June 2008, a [early day motion](/source/early_day_motion) tabled by [David Drew](/source/David_Drew_(politician)) credited Bailey with helping to steer more than 25 pieces of legislation through Parliament.{{cite web |date=23 June 2008 |title=Work of Ron Bailey |url=https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/36021/work-of-ron-bailey |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=UK Parliament Early Day Motions}} In 2019, he was described as having specialised in "successful campaigns against powerful opponents", particularly through [cross-party](/source/Bipartisanship) parliamentary [lobbying](/source/Lobbying_in_the_United_Kingdom) and [coalition-building](/source/Coalition).{{cite web |date=2019 |title=Ron Bailey: Successful campaigns against powerful opponents |url=https://www.mallenbaker.net/article/clear-reflections/ron-bailey-successful-campaigns-against-powerful-opponents |access-date=10 May 2026 |website=Mallen Baker Media}} Bailey's work has been referenced in histories of [British Green politics](/source/Green_Party_(UK)), environmental lobbying and local democracy [activism](/source/activism). Academic work on [social movements](/source/Social_movement) has also referred to his role in housing and community campaigns.{{cite thesis |last=Moody |first=P. |title=Formulating Critical Humanist Documentary Practice |access-date=10 May 2026 |publisher=Royal College of Art |url=https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/ |year=2023}} == Books == Bailey's 1973 book ''The Squatters'' documented the British [squatting](/source/Squatting_in_England_and_Wales) movement{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=The Squatters |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1973 |location=Harmondsworth}} and has been cited in histories of housing activism and urban [protest](/source/protest).{{cite journal |last=Marsland |first=John |date=20 February 2018 |title=Squatting: The Fight for Decent Shelter, 1970s–1980s |journal=Britain and the World |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=27–50 |doi=10.3366/brw.2018.0286}}{{cite book |last=Leslie |first=Esther |title=Walking Cities: London |publisher=Routledge |year=2020 |pages=167–186 |chapter=Squatted Somers Town}} He also authored ''The'' ''Homeless and the Empty Houses'' (1977){{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=The Homeless and the Empty Houses |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1977 |location=Harmondsworth}} and ''Homelessness: What can be done?'' (1994).{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=Homelessness: What Can Be Done? A Radical Programme of Self-help and Mutual Aid |publisher=Jon Carpenter Publishing |year=1994 |isbn=9781897766095 |location=Worcester}} Bailey wrote the [pamphlet](/source/pamphlet), ''Abolition of the Metropolitan Counties'' in 1984, examining the implications of the [abolition of the metropolitan county councils](/source/Metropolitan_county) for local democracy.{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=Abolition of the Metropolitan Counties: The Denial of Civil Liberties |publisher=Community Rights Project and London Planning Aid Service |year=1984 |location=London}} He also contributed a chapter to ''The Secrets File'' (1984), which examined access to official information.{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=The Secrets File: The Case for Freedom of Information in Britain Today |publisher=Heinemann Educational |year=1984 |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=Des |location=London and Portsmouth, NH |chapter=Secrecy in the Town Hall}} [[File:Minister of State for the Cabinet Office Oliver Letwin at 'Better Public Services A roadmap for revolution'.jpg|alt=Oliver Letwin (2013)|thumb|150x150px|[Oliver Letwin](/source/Oliver_Letwin) (2013)]] In 2026, he published ''Institutionalised Deceit'' (2026),{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=Institutionalised Deceit: Taking the Lid off Westminster Governance |publisher=Cambridge Book Publishing |year=2026 |location=Cambridge}} an account of [Westminster governance](/source/Westminster_governance) based on his experience campaigning on legislative and [public policy](/source/public_policy) issues. The book was endorsed by the 2010–16 [Minister of State for Government Policy](/source/Cabinet_Office) [Oliver Letwin](/source/Oliver_Letwin), who described Bailey as "the most effective and relentless [lobbyist](/source/Lobbying)" he had encountered. One reviewer of the book described it as "a practical [exposé](/source/Expos%C3%A9_(journalism)) of how [Westminster government](/source/Westminster_government) operates".{{Cite web |last=Warren |first=Andrew |date=1 May 2026 |title=A guide to effective campaigning |url=https://eibi.co.uk/article/a-guide-to-effective-campaigning/ |access-date=1 June 2026 |website=Energy in Buildings & Industry |language=en-GB}} == Publications == * {{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=The Squatters |publisher=Penguin Books |year=1973 |isbn=9780140523003 |location=Harmondsworth}} * Bailey, Ron (1977). ''The'' ''Homeless and the Empty Houses''. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140523249. * Bailey, Ron (1979). "Housing for people". In Loney, Martin; Allen, Mark (eds.). ''The'' ''Crisis of the Inner City''. London: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 97–109. ISBN 0333256905.{{cite book |last=Bailey |first=Ron |title=The Crisis of the Inner City |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=1979 |editor-last1=Loney |editor-first1=Martin |location=London |pages=97–109 |chapter=Housing for People |doi=10.1007/978-1-349-16163-8_8 |isbn=978-0-333-25691-6 |editor-last2=Allen |editor-first2=Mark}} * Bailey, Ron (1984). ''Abolition of the'' ''Metropolitan Counties: The denial of civil liberties''. London: Community Rights Project and London Planning Aid Service. * Bailey, Ron (1984). "Secrecy in the town hall". In Wilson, Des (ed.). ''The'' ''Secrets File: The case for freedom of information in Britain today''. London and Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational. ISBN 9780435839390. * Bailey, Ron (1994). ''Homelessness: What'' ''can be done? A radical programme of self-help and mutual aid''. Worcester: Jon Carpenter Publishing. ISBN 9781897766095. * Bailey, Ron; Blair, Lotte (2012). ''A Corruption of Governance? How Ministers and Parliament were misled'' (Report). Unlock Democracy and Association for the Conservation of Energy. * Bailey, Ron (2026). ''Institutionalised Deceit: Taking the'' ''lid off Westminster Governance''. Cambridge: Cambridge Book Publishing. ISBN 9781807250683. == References == Category:Living people Category:1943 births Category:British anti–nuclear power activists Category:British environmentalists Category:British housing rights activists Category:Green Party of England and Wales people Category:Public transport activists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ron Bailey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Bailey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Bailey?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.