Defending Corbyn: A battle for the soul of Labour
Inside the halls of privilege the establishment conspire to oust Corbyn. Outside the masses fight to save him. Can there be a more telling metaphor for the problems facing Labour today?
Brexit blues, principles and food on the table
Sometimes you just have to get stuff off your chest. Sometimes you simply have to wallow in your misery. It may not be articulate and it usually isn’t pretty, but […]
Voting Leave? What are you really angry about?
Remember the run up to last General Election? What a time that was. If you recall Britain was in a revolutionary state. Demonstrations, riots and people out on the streets […]
Hope will never be silent
My thoughts in the aftermath of today's terrible shooting in Florida and the danger of despair
Media get their coup: Just not the one they wanted
Cameron's gamble on Europe leads to open revolt. Now Labour have a chance to set out a positive vision for Europe.
The Greatest
The man in three quotes: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. The hands can’t hit what the eyes can’t see.” “I done wrestled with an alligator, I done […]
Adventures on Facebook
A Saturday night in, a bottle of wine and Facebook are not a great combo. The blinking cursor in the empty status field becomes hypnotic and my resistance is […]
Don’t worry about a thing
On Wednesday, under blazing floodlights, The Kop took it’s final bow of the season. At the end of the game the field of battle lay empty. I made my way […]
Writing for your life: six word challenge
Write quicker, it’s coming for you.
A week in the city: Justice and the long arm of the people
“Passengers please be aware that due to the service of remembrance for The 96 delays are likely due the increased volume of people travelling.” The driver’s announcement barely caused a […]
Solidarity City: Legacy of the 96
This week six women and three men, in a purpose built box made of glass and brick, in the small town of Warrington, delivered a verdict that will reverberate through […]
Merseyside Derby Heroes
Originally posted on Ramblings of an Ordinary Man:
This is a fixture that can cement a player or a manager’s reputation for better or worse. For a débutante there can…
Unshakable belief: The Liverpool Way
Ours is truly an incredible club. Time and again we are driven to the brink of defeat, but refuse to accept our fate. Dortmund is just the latest chapter in […]
Stay or go, left or right: the duality of Europe
Today Jeremy Corbyn gave his first speech on the forthcoming European referendum. It is a refreshing intervention. Not least because so far the debate has been largely restricted to competing […]
#CameronResign: It’s a start, but nowhere near enough
Imagine if David Cameron did resign over his admission that he had profited from his father’s involvement in tax avoidance schemes. For starters it would illustrate the devastating impact of […]
A Private Matter: Tale Of Two Moralities
Cast your mind back, if you will, to the summer of 2012. Close your eyes for a moment and picture a puffed up Prime Minister waxing lyrical about the morality […]
And it’s goodnight from him
Thanks for the childhood giggles and the seemingly endless rambling jokes, in which the preamble was always funnier than the punchline. Thanks for the characters and the sketches; the one […]
