Have Cameron’s ‘Bullingdon boys’ run out of ideas already?
I have long believed that our system of government is in need of major reform. Recent events have convinced me […]
Tory Eurovision: Freedom to Exploit
David Cameron claims he has won “special status” for Britain within the European Union. Already, a number of media outlets […]
Bob Paisley: Boss
Liverpool FC have been blessed with some remarkable men down the years. Shankly, Fagan and Dalglish alone would have […]
Interview in Manilla
I recently gave an interview to a Manilla based journalist Rick Olivares about the Anfield walk out in protest against […]
Supporters on the board: The elephant in the room
The balance of power in British football just shifted a little. It may not have moved decisively in favour of […]
Liverpool Walk Out: From Where I Stood
The whole city knew about the planned walk out at Anfield on Saturday. In the days leading up to it […]
Protest skeptics: we’ve been here before
Imagine for a moment you are transported a century into the future. You are a historian studying football culture from […]
Supporters not customers: Walk out on 77
Liverpool Football Club has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Sometimes my passion […]
Ticket Price Betrayal: Enough is Enough
I remember my first games at Anfield vividly. Most of us do. Sure they merge into one and sometimes it’s […]
Why I won’t be giving up the fight for a socialist Labour Party
The challenge that faces Labour today is whether to run from the fight, or stand firm and see it through? I won’t be running.
The ‘moderate tendency’ and the entitlement delusion
The subversion of democracy, even when it seeks to damage those we disagree with, harms all of us.
Jeremy Corbyn: A revolution in plain sight
In their thousands they came. Carrying home-made placards, they came. Women pushing prams, their kids in tow, the young, middle-aged […]
Dear Tom, about this Trotsky thing…..
Attempts to use the word 'Trotskyist' as an insult, are both politically illiterate and designed to place certain ideas beyond the political pale.
Why I’m voting for Corbyn, and why you should too
The idea that any Labour government is better than a Tory one sells our people short. Yes we need Labour in power, but to do what? If not to transform society into one, in which all people are of equal value, and where wealth and power are distributed equitably, then it is for nothing.
Undermining hope: The toxic legacy of a pointless leadership election
Since when has dreaming of a better world been a crime? Life is painfully short and to devote your energies to anything other than imagining a better world, and striving to make it a reality, is a life wasted.
Forged in the fire of protest: A Prime Minister for the many
If you want a Prime Minister who stands on the side of the many, then you should be heartened by a man who has done just that his whole life.
Lies, damn lies and false narratives
Labour's self-styled moderates are using the doctrine of false narrative to undermine party democracy. It is a tool Labour's enemies have perfected down the years and it should shame Corbyn's right-wing opponents.
Peace: The Only Way To Truly Honour The Fallen
Once gain the right-wing media is in ferment. No it’s not rising use of food-banks, homelessness or the ongoing humanitarian […]