The poor must pay down the debt – sanctioned man loses his leg

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,536 Sunday 28 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, Salford’s Unemployed & Community Resource Centre reports that David (no surname given) was repeatedly sanctioned, “This resulted in him being unable to control his diabetes because he had no money for food. This caused diabetic ulcers which became infected […]

Isn’t it time we had a bit of democracy in parliament?

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,406 Monday 18 April 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, For all George Osborne’s talk about tax evasion, money laundering and corruption – “Strong words of condemnation are not enough, populist outrage doesn’t by itself collect a single extra pound or dollar in tax or put a single criminal […]

What have you ever done for us Mr Cameron?

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,394 Wednesday 06 April 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, There is only one thing that is puzzling about the Panama Papers, because the papers themselves really only add wallpaper to a very familiar elephant that has lurked in plain sight for millennia. The rich don’t want to contribute […]

Money out of thin air and nothing for the poor

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,372 Tuesday 15 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Let’s talk about money. Money is neither a natural resource nor is it a finite resource. Money is entirely man-made, 93% of which is now made out of fresh air, just numbers on a computer screen. Think of money […]