Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Not me, guv'!

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Listening to Gordon Brown yesterday reminded you that New Labour is not actually responsible for anything, despite a dozen years in office. ...
Monday, September 28, 2009

The real issues behind the election campaign

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As the countdown to the general election gets under way with New Labour’s conference at Brighton, there is a danger that politics in Britain...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Ahmadinejad undermines Palestinian cause

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One of the many terrible things about Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is how his denial of the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis en...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Blair keeps the wheels of profit turning

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Former Prime Minister Blair put in a rare but brief television appearance last night. My, but how he has aged! His new death’s head mask is ...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Bankrupt, which ever way you look

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Britain is bankrupt – and not just financially either. The obscene bidding war that is going on about public spending cuts confirms that all...
Friday, September 18, 2009

Too many people? No - too much capitalism!

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The climate summit scheduled for Copenhagen in December is in big trouble before it even gets under way. Major divisions have opened up betw...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Academies wrecking state education

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In line with the New Labour outlook that there is nothing in heaven and earth that cannot be improved by private companies and religion, the...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Brown presents the bill

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A year and a day ago the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, took the decision to instruct Lehman Brothers to file for bankruptcy after 15...
Monday, September 14, 2009

TUC leaders all words and no action

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Brendan Barber, general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress, is warning of riots on the streets if public spending is slashed by the next...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Corporate locusts leave hunger behind

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Since 2006, corporations and countries have spent $30 billion buying up 20 million hectares of fertile farmland – an area that equates to a ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2009

'Ugly political backlash' warning

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Some economists are saying that the recession is officially over. Well, we know these same “experts” were caught with their trousers down be...
Monday, September 07, 2009

New Labour's about-turn on BNP

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Targeting the BBC for its decision to invite the neo-fascist British National Party onto its Question Time programme is missing the point. T...
Friday, September 04, 2009

Capitalism IS crisis

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The sign over the entrance to the Climate Camp at Blackheath overlooking the City of London, was spot on: “Capitalism IS Crisis”. Broadening...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

70 years on - preventing a new apocalypse

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Business editors are scouring the world for signs of a recovery. But, despite government intervention to stimulate the credit markets, inclu...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Oil sharks circle Libya’s party

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Guests from around the world are gathering today in the Libyan capital, Tripoli for the 40th anniversary celebrations of the revolution whic...
Friday, August 28, 2009

From blessing to curse

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Capitalism, by its very nature, transforms paradises into deserts. Take Uganda, a country that enjoyed fertile soil, excellent water supplie...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Not holding back the tide

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US President Obama has re-appointed Bob Bernanke as chairman of the US central bank the Federal Reserve for a second four-year term. You ca...
Monday, August 24, 2009

Perils of the Swedish model

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The stakes are being raised between those cheering on Tory proposals for “free” (read for the privileged few) education - and those who beli...
Friday, August 21, 2009

All out for the Climate Camp!

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Climate Camp 2009 will “swoop” on a site near the hated City of London, on August 26 and the camp’s website sets out " target="_bl...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Counting the cost of the meltdown

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While the International Monetary Fund suggests that the recession has bottomed out, all the signs merely indicate a pause in the crisis befo...