Sunday, 20 April 2014

Now an economist proves what we already knew - capitalism doesn't work!

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I was really interested to read about Thomas Piketty's new book 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' which is being hailed as a...
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Thursday, 3 April 2014

The French Socialist Party is repeating the failures of the mainstream left

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Another day, another election drubbing for the left. The French Socialist party got a kicking in the recent local elections . Much of this h...
Thursday, 13 March 2014

The NHS is a massive national asset that we must invest in

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Today I am hearing the usual crap about pay rises for NHS staff , and this from a government which has increased the pay of t op NHS manager...
Tuesday, 11 March 2014

What we can all learn from Bob Crow

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I was really shocked when I heard that Bob Crow had died this morning . He was only 52 years old and his sudden death will be a real blow to...
Friday, 7 March 2014

What is democracy and how can we make it work for us?

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Everybody knows what democracy is don't they? Citizens of a state, who are eligible, get to vote every 4 to 5 years for representatives ...
Thursday, 13 February 2014

Rejoice! Cameron has found the 'magic money tree'!

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Just in case you hadn't noticed we are still in the grip of austerity with Conservative Chancellor George Osborne and Ed Milliband bot...
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Sunday, 26 January 2014

Three whopping great Tory lies

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I've been saying all along on this blog that Labour will win the next general election and I still subscribe to that view , although its...
Sunday, 12 January 2014

George Osborne's economic failures

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Getting on for four years of 'Tory' coalition government and it already seems like a lifetime. Earlier this week Chancellor George O...
Saturday, 7 December 2013

Welcome to the Coalition school of hard knocks

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Its hard to believe how things have changed since I was a student. I had my fees paid and a received a maintenance grant, which I just about...
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Sunday, 3 November 2013

There is a simple green route to lower energy bills

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As winter approaches more and more people are beginning to worry about paying energy bills, the recent row about the 'big six' ene...
Sunday, 27 October 2013

Capitalism depends upon coercion and violence

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The media commonly portrays the 'enemies' of capitalism as violent and destructive. This applies to those who protest, even non-viol...
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Sunday, 13 October 2013

Unemployment: Labour and the Tories compete to blame and persecute the victims

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Are you unemployed? If you are you are in a pretty tough situation. There clearly aren't enough jobs to go round, and many of the jobs t...
Wednesday, 2 October 2013

The Tories have shown us that for them - its class war as usual

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The greenest government ever; cuddling a Husky at the North Pole; and hug a hoodie ? This is what we got from Cameron before the 2010 genera...
Sunday, 8 September 2013

Ed Milliband is playing a dangerous game with the trade union link

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One of the reasons the Tories find it so easy to kick Ed Milliband is that  he wanders around with a "please kick me" sign pinned ...
Sunday, 1 September 2013

Cameron's Syria debacle and the growing influence of social media

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It was Harold Wilson who said "A week is a long time in politics", and its surely been a very long week indeed for David Cameron. ...