Freedom

I do not know what freedom means. I know I have never experienced it and yet I have an idea what I would want it to mean as a lived experience. I cannot think of anything that could or would impact me more than having a quiet mind. That is what I can imagine freedom […]

Homeless and stateless under capitalism and the tyranny of money

One of the most significant things that has occurred in the modern world, especially in cities, is that people are forced to rely on others for almost everything they need to survive and this becomes a mental and physical trap of dependency which people unavoidably, but unintentionally, fall into. We find jobs working for someone […]

The war on the poor is a crime against humanity

Jobseekers allowance – Single unemployed under 25 – £57.90, over 25 – £73.10 – a week In the following I make no attempt to be impartial. not to the system. the government, its officials and especially the Department for Work and Pensions all of which act with extreme prejudice against the lives and well being […]

Beyond the age of reason

We are not rational creatures, as a descriptor of humanity, we have the potential to be rational, but even attempting to be rational has subjective bias for all sorts of reasons including regional and cultural bias. We also use reason and logic selectively, prejudice is very real, but also irrational. We make no conscious choice […]

Another five years of Conservative brutality doesn’t bear thinking about

Any politician who employs deceit, deception, lies, propaganda, spin, corruption, cheating, defamation, character assassination, libel, slander or any other form of corrupt practice to achieve power, should never hold office. Currently elections are a free for all, reliant on the integrity or parties and individuals, with few, if any, checks and balances to protect the […]

Crimes of innocence

Whether I am given a parking fine, a court summons for not paying my council tax and imprisoned, made bankrupt or homeless as a punishment, fallen behind in my rent because I have too low an income to cover the market rent and am forced to choose between eating and rent, sanctioned and deprived of […]

The despicable powers that be and us

It was a huge shock to lose a good friend and campaigner on Monday 1st January 2017. I spent the day in and out of tears, but as the day unfolded I was astonished to realise the extent of her reach and the number of lives she had profoundly touched. It was typical of Denise […]

The government is far too comfortable with killing poor people

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,543 Sunday 04 September 2016. Dear Mrs May, Just as Jeremy Hunt is stealing the life blood out of our NHS, so too is the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) draining the life and spirit out of the people. None of this is necessary, these are […]

The utter contempt of those in power for ordinary people

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,538 Tuesday 30 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, What is happening within the Labour party has repercussions for all of us, but more broadly what the parliamentary Labour party and you Tories have in common is utter contempt for ordinary people and democracy. What has been revealed […]

Tory welfare reforms, Britain’s secret penal system

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,537 Monday 29 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, It is a sad fact that so many are misled by the idea that their disability or sickness has any relevance in the Work Capability Assessments (WCA). As the DWP recently pointed out to The Oxford Times, “decisions were […]