Capitalism Creates Poverty

I'm a bit late in posting this, but on Sunday the 8th of October I had a day out in Liverpool - something I always enjoy - to meet up wi...

When the welfare state started post WW2. Most people who were in receipt of old age pensions from the state weren't expected to live ver...

Kid Starver There once was a man Called Kid Starver Who always went on About his father His dad made other tools As well as him And he crawl...

The Red Wall I am sad to say I’ve visited the red wall Where knobhead working class Tories   And the petty bourgeoisie Live in thrall To Rup...

It's been a busy week for George Osborne., ex-MP, ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, ex-editor of the Evening Standard, and now the co-host...

In just over 40 years, the Tories and New Labour destroyed the UK. Here's how they did it: 1979 - the advent of Thatcherism. Council hou...

When most people vote, it's not a rational decision, it's an emotional one. People vote with their hearts - not their heads. Most vo...

I've just been reading this editorial  article in the Guardian about the horror that is happening in Lebanon. The ruling class - the bu...

Another annus horribilis. Another year of Tory disaster - lies, corruption, tax dodging, public sector destruction, swimming in sewage, and ...

Today I was listening to Helen Lewis's programme  about gurus -  The New Gurus - on BBC Sounds. The show was about productivity gurus. H...

What does Xmas mean to me? In a word nothing. I loved Xmas when I was a child. I was lucky enough to have a loving family and a Mum who was ...

In 1840 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon famously said, " Property is theft ". He was right. The worst event in human history occurred when ...

CoP27 , taking place this year in Egypt, is now on the horizon. Our new PM Rishi Sunak has said he won't attend. This is shocking but no...

What a week! What another grim week! After the Trussonomics mini-budget fiasco, the departure of chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, and the 'res...

What is history anyway? It's a human creation for sure, stories of happenings from our collective past. Given how old the Earth is our r...