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Political architecture, (or draw the blueprints before arguing about the furniture fabric)
My daughter is planning to build her own house in the next year or two – an exciting, if somewhat daunting prospect. However, when confronted by an empty piece of open ground and a blank sheet of paper, she’s found … Continue reading
The Times They (may be) a’Changin
Over the past couple of weeks, three things have served to lift the gloom of an apparently endless winter in Tory Britain. First has been the first stirrings of what may well become a real wave of popular revulsion at … Continue reading
Posted in Green Party, Left regroupment, Politics, The Left
Tagged brighton green, Caroline Lucas, Green, Green Left, Ken Loach, Left Unity, Natalie Bennett, Will Duckworth
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Know Thy Enemy
I first came across Christopher Logue when, in 1963, a friend played me Red Bird, an EP (an extended play 7 inch record – a format now known only to pensioners and vinyl geeks) of Logue reading some of his … Continue reading
Squeezing blood from stones – Tory style
Under the current system, people on low or no incomes have up to 100% of their council tax paid by their local council through Council Tax benefit. However, in just five weeks time, at the beginning of April, the current … Continue reading
Posted in Austerity, Cuts, Green Party, Labour Party, Politics, Resistance
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Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Look, I don’t want to seem like a bitter and negative old git – indeed, I’m noted for my positive outlook and sunny disposition. So I don’t want to have to endlessly write denunciations of this Tory Government and its … Continue reading
Surf’s up!
I was prompted to start this blog as a result of going on a march in Lewisham last Saturday in defence of the local hospital. It’s threatened with cuts as a result of an insane piece of accountant’s logic on … Continue reading
Captain Jack 