The government is not failing, it is succeeding

Every time I see a headline like, ‘Government is failing disabled people’ or as in the Guardian, 1 April 2017, ‘This benefit cut will make youngsters homeless. It’s another Tory failure’, I am immediately stuck by an overwhelming sense of disbelief that either the media simply doesn’t get it, which is unlikely, or this is […]

Osborne’s carrots for the rich and sticks for the poor show

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,141 Wednesday 08 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Sitting here writing today feels a lot like standing by the side of the road waiting for a car crash. The only difference is that I know exactly when this car crash will arrive, immediately after the weekly pantomime […]

The personal is political, especially for the hounded poor

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,050 Monday 06 April 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, One of the more important expressions that came out of the 60’s feminist and student movements is ‘the personal is political’. It’s an expression that, still, today is not widely accepted or understood, which is unfortunate because it has […]