Thursday, 22 June 2017

Reflections on the election #GE2017

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Wow what an election! It's been unlike any I can remember, with an incredible turnaround from Labour which floored the 'expert' ...
Monday, 17 April 2017

Theresa May the sanctimonious dealer in death

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Many people, including me, were outraged when Theresa May produced a sanctimonious 'Easter message' this weekend. May claims to be a...
Monday, 3 April 2017

How our sham democracy works

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S o you think you live in a democracy? Well, you are right, you do. But it's not quite the democracy you probably think. I just pulled t...
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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Some remain 'lefties' are busy doing the Tories work for them

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As one who voted remain in the 'Brexit' referendum last June I was riled by the use of the term 'remoaner' by those who ...
Friday, 13 January 2017

All you need to know about Brexit

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It's now over 6 months since the referendum on membership of the EU. I voted remain but I made it clear I was a 'reluctant' rem...
Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Some reflections on Castro's Cuba

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Fidel Castro died at 90 years old three days ago . His death has sparked predictable rows about his legacy and the state of human rights in ...
Friday, 24 June 2016

The chickens of Thatcherism are coming home to roost... via UKIP

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I started writing this post on the day Jo Cox was killed but I struggled to finish it because I was feeling too down at the time. Well now, ...
Friday, 10 June 2016

Why I'll be holding my nose and and voting for Remain

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I really don't like the EU. In simple terms the EU is a neoliberal stitch-up, a club for the corporations. The fiscal waterboarding hand...
Monday, 6 June 2016

So journalists should be protected from legitimate concerns about impartiality?

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Jeremy Corbyn gives a pro-EU speech on worker's rights which was generally well received and what were the headlines? - "C orbyn s...
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...