Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Can we build a democratic socialist party in the UK?

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The coronavirus crisis grinds on and will continue for many months yet. Today the official figures are 32,000 coronavirus deaths - the high...
Thursday, 16 April 2020

After the virus: building the post-capitalist economy

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Its time we began to think about what kind of economy we’re going to have after the coronavirus. What we can’t do is allow the Tory govern...
Wednesday, 1 April 2020

My Prison Diary

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Antonio Gramsci was a member of the Italian parliament and General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party. He was imprisoned by the Ita...
Thursday, 26 March 2020

The lesson of #Covid-19 is that its labour that makes our economy work, not capital.

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So here we are. The Coronavirus pandemic rumbles on and we haven't reached the peak yet. Our incompetent and malevolent government stil...
Tuesday, 17 March 2020

The war against #COVID19: what we need to do

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This is one of the most difficult posts I’ve ever written. I have a vested interest in survival. Because of my age and underlying medical co...
Thursday, 9 January 2020

After #GE2019 what do we do?

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Anyone who has read my posts on this blog will know there is a common theme and that is economic democracy, which means businesses being own...
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Monday, 16 December 2019

#GE2019: How did #Labour lose?

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Friday the 13th was a very dark day indeed. Not just because of the size and scale of Labour's defeat in the election but because of wha...
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

#GE2019: This is the fight of our lives and we have to elect a #Labour government.

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I'm sixty-two years old so I've been around a bit. I grew up in the swinging 60s and lived through the industrial strife of the 1970...
Friday, 6 September 2019

To win a general election Labour must respect the referendum result

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I have to start this post off by saying that I am a member of the Labour Party and that I think a Labour win the forthcoming general electio...
Tuesday, 2 July 2019

Walk, cycle or use public transport - cars have had their day.

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There's been a lot of talk about zero carbon recently. Extinction Rebellion is demanding the UK moves to zero carbon by 2025. The govern...
Friday, 10 May 2019

The mainstream media is misleading us with talk about “sacrifices” in relation to zero carbon

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After the recent Committee on Climate Change report on the UK moving to zero carbon by 2050, I watched news reports on the BBC and ITV. Bot...
Friday, 1 March 2019

A brief comment on Chris Williamson

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I think Chris Williamson is working hard for a Labour government. I like what he is doing touring the UK. I don't believe he's a rac...
Wednesday, 27 February 2019

It will take a global revolution to fight climate breakdown

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Revolution is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as: a sudden, radical, or complete change and; activity or movement designed t...
Tuesday, 5 February 2019

Why we all need mutual aid

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Readers of this blog will know that one of the dominant themes is economic democracy - by that, I mean businesses owned and controlled by th...
Sunday, 27 January 2019

A People's Vote? Be careful what you wish for.

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As we approach March 29th and the Brexit clock ticks down a group of Labour, Lib Dem, Conservative and Green politicians are still banging o...