Monday, 26 May 2014

UKIP 'win' in Scotland can stimulate Yes response

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Some political clouds can have a silver, even radical, lining. If Twitter and other social media is any useful measure, progressive minds ...
Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Greg Philo's false casting of Yes 'nationalism'

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Greg Philo's article Socialism and Nationalism  is a welcome contribution to the debate on Scottish independence.   But although an e...
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Guardian whitewashing of Banksy

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  The Guardian's in-house art critic, Jonathan Jones, has written a scurrilous little denunciation of Banksy after a mural of spooks ...
Thursday, 3 April 2014

Banning books in jails - crime and ConDem punishment

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  I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky, And at every drifting ...
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Saturday, 29 March 2014

Welfare betrayal and Labouring under false hopes

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In a despicable act of conformity, all but 22 Westminster MPs have  voted for George Osborne's benefits cap bill . Only 13 Labour rebe...
Friday, 21 March 2014

David Cameron's 'benign' part in the 'Middle East peace process' - exchange with the BBC

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How much propaganda can be packed into one seemingly innocuous BBC news comment? Here's a little insight. Letter to BBC Complaints ...
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Friday, 14 March 2014

RIP the great socialist and humanitarian Tony Benn

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I read with deep sadness today the news of Tony Benn's passing. He was a hugely inspirational figure, a man of immense political mor...
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