Sunday, 28 September 2014

The Emperor's clothes

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It's been happening slowly but surely for quite some time but I think we have finally arrived. A combination of twenty four hour rolling...
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Tuesday, 23 September 2014

So project fear has won.....for now

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In the final days of the Scottish referendum campaign the 'No' camp expended a fair amount of energy complaining on social media abo...
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Tuesday, 16 September 2014

A Yes vote in Scotland will be a massive boost for democracy

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Have you noticed how politicians in the West like Barack Obama and David Cameron are always banging on about how good democracy is? There...
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Monday, 8 September 2014

Privatisation of public services is a racket

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More and more people are wising up to the fact that privatisation of public services is a racket. You may not have read this blog before bu...
Thursday, 21 August 2014

David Cameron offers UK families his biggest insult yet

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David Cameron is completely out of touch with reality - the reality of life for ordinary families in Britain. How could it be any other way?...
Sunday, 17 August 2014

The 'Free' market is damaging our economy and well-being

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About 18 months ago I was listening to one of those capitalist puff piece programmes which have become so commonplace on BBC Radio 4. A pres...
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Monday, 4 August 2014

So our 'meritocracy' is really just jobs for the boys .....and girls?

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Really good episode of Thinking Allowed last week. Its a great programme, consistently thought provoking and always well worth listening to...
Sunday, 13 July 2014

Welcome to Western Neoliberal Totalitarian 'Democracy'

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I am old enough to remember the Soviet Union . I grew up with it and I'm glad I did. Why? because it meant that I lived in a time when t...
Friday, 30 May 2014

RIP Labour: The day the Labour Party finally died

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I'm not the only one who noticed but today marks the end of any useful life that the Labour Party had left in it. I've posted about ...
Sunday, 11 May 2014

Roosevelt was right; it seems that what we have to fear is fear itself

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Despite Cameron and Osborne's best attempts to convince us that we are in recovery, and that we are all getting better off and heading b...
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 ...