To Win The Left Needs To Frame The Debate.
The left have some real lessons to learn about campaigning. Let’s go back to 2015 to a time after Ed Milliband’s Labour’s disastrous general election loss to the Tories. Owen…
A short conversation about privilege
Instinct Societies reinforce privilege. It’s a natural phenomenon. Doing favours for friends. Helping out relations. Passing what we’ve worked so hard for on to our children… It’s instinctive, even. But…
Gardening for health and wellbeing
AFTER Dave Middleton’s amusing article on Growing Concrete, I think there is probably space for a more serious Gardeners Corner, so I will attempt to share my experiences in the…
Blairism’s neoliberal assault on the welfare state
After the Second World War the Labour Government introduced the Welfare State. Its aim was to wipe out poverty and hardship in society; to have a society free from the fear…
Why Healthcare is a Human Right
Is healthcare a human right? Aneurin Bevan said “No society can legitimately call itself civilised if a sick person is denied medical aid because of a lack of means.” Imagine…
The price of your health
The Tories have been instrumental in creating a society where poverty becomes not just a lack of income but a lack of opportunity. And, in health, this creates not only…
Poverty and ill-health inextricably linked
WE talk more nowadays about the effects of poverty on health (although not nearly enough) but we also need to talk about the effects of ill-heath on a persons standard…
Profits, PFI, Patients? Where does the money go?
Money wasted during the pandemic The NHS has been starved of funds, but huge sums have been squandered, wasted, and paid out unnecessarily. Some of the waste and extravagant spending…
Media bias undermines our health service
Many people over recent years have dismissed my concerns for the future of our NHS by saying, “No government would ever dare get rid of our NHS”. Many people have…