Remembrance Day in Moffat. To paraphrase Putin’s comment on the Soviet Union: anyone who fails to see that Britain’s wars – from WW1 to Syria – have been created by and/or pursued in the interests of Profit has no understanding. … Read More »
This post also features on offGuardian – a much needed antidote to the rightward drift of once liberal media. NEC – National Executive Committee of the Labour Party … PLP – Parliamentary Labour Party, i.e. Labour MPs … Members – rank and file Labour Party … Read More »
See this post for context … SUMMARY OF JUDGMENT OF THE QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION Neutral citation: [2016] EWHC 1966 (QB) Case No: HQ16X02502 Before Mr JUSTICE FOSKETT MICHAEL FOSTER ‐ Claimant ‐ v ‐ IAIN McNICOL (1) (sued on behalf … Read More »
This post also features on offGuardian – a much needed antidote to the rightward drift of once liberal media Millionaire Labour donor Michael Foster wants to reverse the NEC decision and seeks a [high court] declaration that, under Labour party … Read More »
The Lowry Hall, Salford, where on Saturday Jeremy launched his campaign for a leadership he should not, ten months after securing the biggest mandate in the Party’s history, have had to defend. Labour now has more members – half a … Read More »
So much falls into place once you realise that for Big Capital, profit trumps nation every time. Trident’s a case in point. For it or agin, without a class perspective we really haven’t a clue. “Our” big banks, including HSBC and Barclays, are … Read More »
This post also features on offGuardian – a much needed antidote to the rightward drift of once liberal media. Is there a prize for the most featherheaded Guardian analysis of Labour’s crisis? In the face of fierce competition over the months … Read More »
I’ve been re-watching This is England. Not the movie, set in 1983, but the Channel 4 mini-series it spawned: This is England 1986 .. 1988 .. 1990. They’re on catch up at All 4 and if you never saw them, find … Read More »
That there’s a coordinated plot by the Labour Right to unseat Jeremy Corbyn is beyond doubt but the plotters have a legal problem. They’d reckoned on thwarting the party rank and file by following a no confidence vote with a … Read More »
One aspect of the torpedoing of Boris by Gove and his missis, Sarah Vine, is this line in her email to hubby: Crucially, the membership will not have the necessary reassurance to back Boris, neither will Dacre/Murdoch, who instinctively dislike … Read More »