Playing Politics?
Today Natalie Elphicke MP apologised for being caught, nothing more.
Current Affairs
The Politics of Compassion
It’s local election day here in the UK. And I was thinking why is it that people still vote Tory after the last ten years. And what can we do to change the terrible direction the UK is heading in. The facts are there, the graphs of death, of job losses, or economic disaster, are …
You Can’t Catch Luftwaffe
The British press continues to fetishise World War 2. It debases the memory of those who really did put their lives at risk to fight the evils of Nazism. This woman would have been a toddler during the blitz. Social distancing, masks, and lockdown are our covid air raid shelters, our blackout. People back then …
Feed the Children
The continued refusal of the Tory government to feed the poorest children brings shame to our country. The first week of “Eat Out to Help Out” cost over £100 million. The scheme has cost over £500 million so far. The cost of feeding the poorest children would cost just £20m per week. We’re told there’s …
An Open Letter to Oliver Letwin MP (Con)
Dear Mr Letwin, I returned home from shopping this lunchtime to find a poor tree had died partly to fund an election “communication” from you , promoted on behalf of your campaign by a Mr Antony Stanley. My first thoughts were to return to sender with instructions on where one could shove it. However I …
Happy #nondom Day
Every general election has certain days you know will be super important. Even now it only takes a word or two to evoke those memories – such as “Gemma’s Ear”. Today the Labour party gave us #nondom – a promise to stop the unfair system where some rich people can avoid paying tax in this …
Bishop David Walker on Poverty
I’ve read an excellent piece in today’s Guardian by Anglican bishop David Walker on the subject of the church’s recent head on collision with the Tories over poverty. “Most of us would see service provision not just as an end in itself. It is equally the ground on which we stand to challenge and stimulate …
Cross Purposes
Once again the subject of wearing crosses in the workplace has reared its head again following the government’s decision that there is no automatic right to wear one.On this rare occasion I agree with the government. The sort of people who get annoyed by this kind of thing have already been getting worked up about …
Children & Violent Videogames
Do you ever just read something and hold your head in your hands in despair? I did when I just read some online debates among tens of parents on whether they let their children play games rated for adults. Seemingly intelligent and well educated people can be seen trying to justify allowing their children to …
How the Womb is Destroying the Economy
The Tory Party conference is never really a source of joy to right thinking people as it is often the source of stupidity, selfishness, racism disguised as immigration policy and general fuckwittedness. But they’ve outdone themselves this week – as have the business leaders present. We live in a time where we are all being …