COPOUT26
COP26 will open today. The UK has the presidency of the event. The Prime Minister has spoken about the collapse of the Roman Empire as analogous to the situation faced…
Back to the Budget: Read the Small Print
Thursday’s news item on the Budget was written before the experts had been able to read the small print. So today I go back to the Budget to scratch beneath…
Bride of Mandelstein
HALLOWEEN is upon us and I cannot imagine much more frightening than to see creepy little Lisa Nandy and the Prince of Darkness himself, Peter Mandelson, on my doorstep. Even…
Class Struggle: Which side are you on?
Which Side Are You On? is a great song about class struggle. It came out of a miners’ strike in Kentucky during the Depression. It’s an easy question. On one…
Why I’m A Socialist
To some, socialism is a dirty word. Margaret Thatcher saw to that. I was born in Thatcher’s Britain. Everything was about the suits in the city and people were buying…
Yemen – The Forgotten War
Not long ago I shared someone’s post on Twitter about the untold suffering in Yemen showing a picture of a starving child. I asked why we seem to turn our…
GARDENERS’ CORNER
GROWING CONCRETE Now is the time to be preparing the garden for next spring’s crop of concrete. You have to treat this natural resource very carefully and dig down to…
USA foments more unrest in Cuba
WHILE it is reported that the US are actively whipping up support for protests against the Cuban government, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, has stated the protests are illegal and will…
A room of one’s own
When Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One’s Own she was speaking of women’s emancipation from men, and she was speaking of a physical room, but nowadays it is both…
Success and Selfishness
When we find ourselves in the role of “leader”, how do we justify our control over others?