Mad dog politicians, the mad dog Sun and junior doctors

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,386 Tuesday 29 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, The problem with politics today is that we are being attacked by mad dogs and no one is quite sure what to do about it. There is no political debate and there is no democracy, we are assaulted by […]

It is ordinary people who pay the price for war

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,273 Wednesday 02 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Here’s a thing. When the banks performed their global heist and got the world to pay for their crimes, it was ordinary people who bailed them out, disproportionately hitting the poor who Osborne insists must pay down the banks […]

When will they ever learn?

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,259 Wednesday 18 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I know that Russia isn’t your flavour of the month just now but I’m afraid I must mention Russia and add it to the list of countries you said were bombing Syria – ‘the US, France, Jordan and the […]

The real threat to Britain’s security is the one who would use nuclear weapons

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,254 Tuesday 10 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, On Britain’s nuclear deterrent you’ve said, ‘ There are circumstances in which its use would be justified’. It is impossible to understand under what circumstances it’s use would be justified. As David Shariatmadari put it in has Guardian article, […]