My public school days and the building of upper class solidarity
To understand the British public school system, or certainly, the part of it in which I spent my teenage years, it is crucial to get your head around three things.…
Caroline Lucas announces bill to bring railways back into public ownership
At the People's Assembly yesterday, Caroline Lucas announced that, this week, she will introduce a private members' bill to bring Britain's railways back into public ownership. Public ownership of the…
Monbiot's Feral: a futuristic environmentalism to enthuse us all
On my sister's Facebook biog, she describes the childhood we shared with one word: 'feral'. It should be no surprise that, for me, George Monbiot's new book of the same…
Miliband, Cameron and Clegg must share the blame for the EDL
The EDL are on the march. A movement which had almost been vanquished has vomited its bile over the streets once more. While we must stand up to them, it…
Are the SNP the Scottish UKIP?
A crowd of activists pointing out that the UKIP leader is a bawbag does not a national sentiment make. In fact, with the good folks at Hope not Hate refocussing…
It's up to the Greens to take down UKIP
In
the next few years we shall either get that effective Socialist party that we need, or we shall not get it. If we do not get it, then Fascism…
Online survey shows Green Party has most popular policies
This should be old news by now. Once more, the excellent folk at 'Vote For Polices' have produced a survey encouraging people to do a blind comparison of their beliefs…
The one kind of immigration that's not so great
I spend a lot of my life arguing that immigration isn't an economic problem. Immigrants don't steal our jobs – with every pair of hands comes a mouth. The stuff…
The academic case for austerity crumbles… but it won't change anything
So, it turns out that one of the main academic papers used to justify the government's massive cuts is wrong. I mean, not in the 'some academics think it's wrong,…
The independence referendum has become a straight up left/right fight
There is, of course, a left wing case for opposing Scottish independence. It is articulated best by the likes of Owen Jones - 'we shouldn't divide the working class'. Likewise,…