Voting Labour, Joey Tribbiani and enlightened self-interest
the 'selfish' ambitions you harbour can only be achieved if society is organised in such a way as to make the dreams you have for yourself and your family, a reality for everyone else and theirs.
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.
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.
Nowhere Man: A portrait of ‘Blairite’ contempt
The Labour Party, indeed the British people, don't need another snake oil salesman. Shiny smiles and smart suits don't build houses, they don't defend workers rights and they certainly don't protect the NHS.
Politics through the looking-glass
This is looking-glass land, where Angela Eagle can claim to be able to unite a movement, despite being unable to unite her own Constituency Labour Party; or for that matter coordinate a press conference.
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.
Bombing Syria: The politics of despair
History is about to complete another grim full circle. Just as it did in 2003, Britain is about to sleepwalk into another ill advised ‘war’ based on a false premise. […]
Momentum: Time To Reclaim Democracy
“What is to become of those destitute millions, who consume today, what they earned yesterday; who have created the greatness of England by their inventions and their toil; who become […]
Corbyn And The Newspeak Effect
Something odd happened to me today and it caused me to question my own free will and whether I was the victim of mind control. Anyone who has been reading […]
Ramblings of an Ordinary Man 