The Brexit world is Weimar Germany all over again. No democracy in sight.
The Referendum Gang
Leaving the European Union will harm us all. Nobody seems to want to know why the Brexit supporters still argue about Europe when the case is lost. … [Continue reading]
Tax – The Great Certainty
It has been striking throughout this 2015 general election campaign that the subject of taxation has been avoided by all the parties other than to pretend that there will be no tax increases afterwards. But the deficit comes up all the time, and the … [Continue reading]
Hopeful Housing: A Policy
Housing is now too important to be left to the private sector: and the government has become worse than useless. The banks have loads of cash to lend, but high house prices and static incomes make buying a house impossible. The answer is to return … [Continue reading]
A Vote for Cameron is a Vote for Poverty
The forthcoming 2015 general election is not going to be about what kind of Britain we want to have in the future, but rather how we pay the bills. It has already descended into a kind of supermarket debate. Each side is bidding to … [Continue reading]
Tony Benn
It is interesting that, among all the tributes paid to Tony Benn, almost nobody has owned up to actually agreeing with his policies, or as he would say, the ‘issues’ on which he fought his many battles (with the possible exception of Diane Abbott). I … [Continue reading]
The Scandal of Mass Unemployment.
The fact that there are over two and a half million unemployed adults at a time when we are one of the richest countries in the world is nothing short of a disgrace. That we are wasting the talent and efforts of so many people when we need to promote … [Continue reading]
High Speed Hijinks on the HS2.
It is curious how, from nowhere, there was suddenly this summer a caucus opposing the proposed High Speed 2 railway. It was the summer season, Parliament was out, no bill was due, and in fact nothing was happening to promote HS2. But out of the … [Continue reading]
An Open Letter to Ed Miliband
To The Right Honourable Ed Miliband, Leader of Her Majesties Opposition. Dear Mr Miliband, You are certainly a very nice man and quite evidently an intelligent leader of your party. However, you are allowing your opponents to set your agenda. … [Continue reading]
The Great Tory Lie, and the Truth Behind the National Debt
Every pronouncement by ministers in this government contains the same excuse for every unpleasant policy and every perfidious financial act. The mantra goes like this; "we have to repay the debt created by Gordon Brown", and: "we inherited this mess … [Continue reading]