Sunday, 27 March 2016

How Blairite MPs can destroy the Labour Party

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In a week which has seen yet another attack on Jeremy Corbyn by a Labour MP it's clear that those who oppose Corbyn have learnt nothing...
Thursday, 3 March 2016

Baffled by Trump's popularity? - neither am I

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Donald J Trump appears to be sweeping all before him in the GOP primary , so much so, that pundits are claiming he has the party nomination ...
Sunday, 10 January 2016

Corbyn: you can smell the fear

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Its really about time I blogged about something other than Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party but I have to admit that I...
Friday, 18 December 2015

Jeremy Corbyn Bashing - Award of the Week

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Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party on 12 September with a whacking great mandate from the Party and its supporters. The ...
Wednesday, 9 December 2015

ISIL's useful idiots

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Donald J Trump's recent announcement that all muslims should be barred from entry into the USA makes him one of ISIL's prime useful...
Friday, 21 August 2015

What is 'aspiration'?

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Everybody has heard of 'aspiration'. It's the word on all our politician's lips. Every political party in the UK must appeal...
Wednesday, 12 August 2015

Corbyn's policies are moderate, sensible and can win an election for Labour

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Today at 3pm the chance to vote in the Labour leadership election closed. Ballot papers go out on Friday and then the result is announced o...
Wednesday, 8 July 2015

The EU is determined to crush Greece and enforce austerity

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I intended to write this post prior to the Greek referendum but so much has happened recently I hadn't the chance to do it. The referend...
Wednesday, 27 May 2015

To win the left needs to get its act together and frame the political debate

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Today in the Guardian, Owen Jones is urging the left to 'speak Spanish' , and he makes a valid point - talk to people in terms they ...
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Friday, 8 May 2015

A huge failure for Labour but will they learn anything from it?

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I ought to be pleased. The Green Party had a good 2015 general election: a record number of candidates; a much increased majority for Caroli...
Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Why Owen Jones is wrong to urge people to vote for Labour

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I've got a confession to make - I'm an Owen Jones fan . I've read Chavs and The Establishment and I think they're both good...
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Saturday, 14 March 2015

Ukip are using the oldest trick in the book: the scapegoating of 'other'

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One of the tricks of the neoliberal 'free market' right has been to try and convince the millions who have no stake in the system - ...
Sunday, 25 January 2015

Greece can lead the fightback against austerity in Europe

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Today Greeks go to the polls to vote in one of the most important elections in the country's history. After seven years of grinding aust...
Wednesday, 3 December 2014

As the East Coast Main Line shows, the public sector is just so much better at delivering essential services

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What made me want to write this post was an item I heard on the BBC Radio 4 lunchtime consumer programme You and Yours . I heard about mobil...
Thursday, 6 November 2014

The Green Party is the workers party

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What do Greens know about workers and workers' rights? Aren't we just a bunch of tree-huggers and middle class do-gooders? That'...
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