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A Despatch from OccupyLSX

JonathanKent 13 November 2011 A Despatch from OccupyLSX2011-11-13T20:05:04+00:00 Green Parties No Comment
I’ve wanted to drop in on the OccupyLSX camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral ever since it was set up and on Tuesday I finally got there. I wandered down with…
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Occupy LSX, Monopoly and Mindless Materialism

JonathanKent 13 November 2011 Occupy LSX, Monopoly and Mindless Materialism2011-11-13T10:00:12+00:00 Green Parties No Comment
Growing up, did you ever play Monopoly or Risk? Did you ever get to a point where you simply picked up the board, chucked the pieces in the air and…
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St Paul’s – for the 1% or the 99%?

JonathanKent 22 October 2011 St Paul’s – for the 1% or the 99%?2011-10-22T11:39:02+01:00 Green Parties No Comment
I’m not an unalloyed fan of the man who gave his name to St Paul’s Cathedral.  Saul of Tarsus was an uncomfortable and divisive figure in early Christianity.  Many of…
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How Much is that Minister in the Window?

JonathanKent 17 October 2011 How Much is that Minister in the Window?2011-10-17T13:00:25+01:00 No Comment
We don’t want capitalism, we want democracy. Capitalism is not simply people going about their lives setting up businesses, providing good and services and jobs. Most of us need some…
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Greens and growth

JonathanKent 20 September 2011 Greens and growth2011-09-20T12:00:47+01:00 Green Parties 8 Comments
Greens don’t like growth.  It’s the mantra.  We like to talk about a ‘stable’ economy; one that neither grows nor shrinks. The trouble with maintaining a zero growth economy is…
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Sweeping Up Glass

JonathanKent 12 August 2011 Sweeping Up Glass2011-08-12T08:30:28+01:00 England & Wales 4 Comments
"Whatever the apparent cause of any riots may be, the real one is always want of happiness" Tom Paine, Rights of Man. I watched London consumed by fire on Monday…
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A Thousand Questions but Just One Issue

JonathanKent 18 July 2011 A Thousand Questions but Just One Issue2011-07-18T11:48:29+01:00 3 Comments
There is a single issue at the heart of the News Corp. scandal from which all others emanate, and that is the influence that the corporate world and the very,…
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An Open Letter to Jenny Jones

JonathanKent 13 July 2011 An Open Letter to Jenny Jones2011-07-13T17:00:55+01:00 Green Parties 3 Comments
Dear Jenny, I’ve been following your thoughts on Twitter about yesterday’s select committee hearings which saw Andy Hayman and John Yates volunteer to open the parliamentary barbecue season. I sense…
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Murdoch is a cancer. Sharpen the Scalpel.

JonathanKent 7 July 2011 Murdoch is a cancer. Sharpen the Scalpel.2011-07-07T09:41:13+01:00 *Rights & Democracy* No Comment
We only have ourselves to blame. For years we’ve accepted that politicians and celebrities are somehow fair game for the attentions of the tabloid press.  It’s allowed a culture to…
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Short words are the best

JonathanKent 16 May 2011 Short words are the best2011-05-16T12:30:51+01:00 9 Comments
OK, forgive me if this puts a few noses out of joint, but I have an axe to grind, Eugene. There has been a very interesting discussion on Bright Green…
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