A Tale of Two Industries.
Compare these two areas of government expenditure. One contributes over £42 billion to the economy and employs nearly 200,000 people. It also directly supports another 260,000 jobs in the UK,…
Father and Son
On Fathers Day here is a poem I wrote for my father. I wish I could have written it when he was alive to read it. It is his birthday…
Labour values votes. But does it value voters?
Following the leaked report in 2019 that prompted the still unpublished Forde Inquiry we know that Jeremy Corbyn’s office had very little influence on party strategy during elections. Not only…
Free the North or Free the World?
In yesterday’s post on the Northern Independence Party, when I said that, “It is the lack of class struggle that in part explains NIP’s appeal,” that could be mistaken for…
Free the North?
The Northern Independence Party (NIP) is causing quite a stir. James Matthewson, head of communications to Ian Lavery, who chaired the Labour Party from 2017 – 20, has written for…
Why Voting Matters
IF VOTING CHANGED ANYTHING THEY’D MAKE IT ILLEGAL! I used to think this was a clever slogan. But if voting never changed anything what the heck happened with Brexit? And…
Not another manifesto?
This post is inspired by the work of Dave Middleton, especially his most recent blog. I offer it as a contribution to the discussion on what we should do now…
What’s right for the Left?
I recommend Dave Middleton’s blog post Towards Peace and Justice about the recent initiative from Jeremy Corbyn to establish The Project For Peace and Justice. Like Dave I welcome this…