I’ve already drawn attention to the Labour election manifesto of 1945 which introduced the full Welfare State that set this … More
Category: Politics and history
A one-state solution to the Israel/Palestine conflict
Okay – before I get into this, let me put a mute into the blaring megaphone of antisemitism accusations….I am … More
Wanna know what a RADICAL Labour government does?? Look at the 1945 manifesto!
Is this country, today, strong and aware enough to “develop an acute feeling of national shame” for those we have allowed to suffer the dismantling of benefits, the ‘bedroom tax’, cuts to disability allowances, withdrawal of child benefits, handing over tranches of schooling and health to profiteers, and all the cruelties and dysfunctions of unnecessary austerity? We should remind ourselves of that great reforming, modernising, progressive government, and yearn for its return. Who is to protect us from the profiteers and racketeers? Who will curtail today’s plundering of our economy?
Austerity: the grim truth (including lessons from the Persian Empire)
And so, in this series of anti-Tory blogs, to the monstrous, never-ending policy of austerity. But first a deviation to … More
The plundering of Britain
In my last blog I asked how on earth 30% of those polled couldn’t decide between Conservative and Labour when … More