(This last week has been one of the worst I have lived through in a long time and I make no apologies that it is reflected in this piece of writing) Here’s a very simple statement, the consequences, however, are anything but… There is no democracy without accountability. All too often the first casualty in […]
Tag: democracy
The day I met Jeremy Corbyn
Have you noticed how alike Jeremy Corbyn and Ken Loach are? Both are somewhat reticent, unassuming people, plain speaking, with no airs and graces and utterly lacking in pomposity. That said, it would be a grave mistake to think of either man as weak, they are both robust in their views and deeply experienced in […]
The benign glade of Anarchy
Some years ago I likened anarchy to a forest glade, each form of life flourishing in its own sovereign way as it is able, calling no ‘other’ master. Of course nature has no use for democracy and yet in the glade is democracy in its purest form. It is exercised subject only to the laws […]
Parliament takes its summer break, how many will die?
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,500 Saturday 23 July 2016. Dear Mrs May, I know it has got many MP’s not just stumped, but, I think, frightened… people have discovered, or rediscovered, democracy. Not the tokenism of voting every once in a few years, but actually, actively, holding power to account and […]
Democracy is the bedrock of civilisation
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,498 Wednesday 20 July 2016. Dear Mrs May, Yesterday’s letter was met with a remarkable response on Twitter, “Keith Ordinary Guy – Member of the Labour Party – says it all – how pathetic.” At such times I do feel that for some people the act of […]
It’s time politicians learnt some respect
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,485 Wednesday 06 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Well it’s good to see the new kind of politics that MP’s are laying out for us, so that we can act accordingly. I have been remiss in thinking that your party was fairly unique in its paternalism and […]
Democracy, or mob rule as elitists like to call it
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,481 Saturday 02 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, If the referendum has taught me anything it’s that it’s extraordinary how many people know everything after the event and aren’t afraid to rip apart those who they think didn’t know better before the event. As a political writer […]
This is no time for weeping, it’s time to roar!
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,478 Wednesday 29 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, The European adventure has been an attempt to create a vast mono-culture of diverse nations, unelected, unaccountable and opaque, dominated by cultural and economic elites who are in no way democratically answerable to the people of the various nations […]
The EU referendum, a cause for treachery
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,458 Wednesday 08 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I have had many people asking me what I think of the EU referendum and I have to say that above all I am angry. I have never seen such a dismal car crash of a campaign (taken all […]
Ken Loach – no point showing I, Daniel Blake to Cameron
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,453 Friday 03 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Speaking at the premier of his documentary of his life and work, ‘Versus’, Ken Loach said, ‘there was no point in “Cameron and co” watching the film “because that is their project, that is what they believe in … […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 