Ramblings of an Ordinary Man

Monopoly and the ideologies of division

I believe that all people, regardless of their ethnicity, religion or culture share one thing in common. That is […]

jeffgoulding January 31, 2016 2 Comments

Norwich 4 Liverpool 5: Riding the whirlwind

Pacing back and forth and getting irritable with the kids. Telling the wife to leave the room because she’s a […]

Would we invent Labour if it didn’t exist? We’d have no choice Stella

Stella Creasy recently gave a speech to the Fabian Society in which she posed the question “If the Labour Party didn’t exist, […]

Ferguson: The Mick Jagger of Football?

Jurgen Klopp has apparently ‘risked the wrath’ of Liverpool supporters by drawing comparisons between Alex Ferguson and John Lennon, […]

Time to leave the capsule if we dare

Sometimes the boundaries between art and science melt away and the two orbit in delightful synchronicity. This week, while earthlings […]

Reshuffles, Resignations and ‘Catch 22’ Politics

We should be worried. There is a growing danger in British politics that real change will soon become impossible. […]

From field of play to the dugout: Can Gerrard make the leap?

I woke this morning to news that Stevie Gerrard has held talks with Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool F.C. about a […]

Letwin revelations: more evidence of our broken democracy

Today’s release, under the thirty year rule, of ‘secret’ cabinet papers represents a treasure trove of information for historians and […]

Liverpool 1 Leicester 0: Klopp’s Reds restore festive cheer

My heart wasn’t exactly filled with hope as I prepared to leave for the game against Leicester. While we’d glimpsed […]

Take a bow Jurgen Klopp

Imagine a Kopite in the dugout. Imagine his every tick, twitch and grimace mirroring every sliding tackle and each kick […]

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.

jeffgoulding February 24, 2017 65 Comments

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.