Neoliberalism – a terminal man-made disease

Over the past few years I have run a gamut of feelings about neoliberalism, anger, rage, despondency, futility, vengefulness, hatred, but lately all that has congealed and what I feel more than anything else is a virulent hatred for the appalling reality of the casual deaths neoliberalism not only takes for granted, but which is […]

The battle for women’s pensions is everyone’s battle against state abuse

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,440 Saturday 21 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I understand that you do not consider us to be human beings in any meaningful sense, but expendable economic units to serve the interests of the markets and wealth. Workers ceased to be personnel somewhere in the mid 80’s […]

The con trick that dare not speak its name

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,321 Wednesday 20 January 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Work, the great Tory magic mantra. It doesn’t matter how sick or disabled people are, Iain Duncan Smith insists that everyone can and must work. It doesn’t even matter whether we’re paid or not, as Smith put it,  ‘work […]

The traditional brutalising of the poor is as despicable as it is deliberate

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,190 Wednesday 26 August 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Ken Livingstone recently said on RT news, ‘Before Thatcher 2/3 of British wealth was paid to ordinary people in their wages, now it’s just over half, so there’s been a real reduction in the quality of life for ordinary […]

Mental ill health, top target for sanctions

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,171 Friday 07 August 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, As we know only too well, to the Tories our minds don’t matter. What we think, feel, care about or for, our considerations on any matter simply don’t matter. Why would our minds matter when all we are, as […]

Slavery rebranded – freedom

A letter a day to number 10. No 968 Thursday 08 January 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, In Britain and across the world today, people are being forced into extreme economic slavery, that is, modern forms of bondage and servitude (Workfare and sanctions being but two examples in the UK) by governments and corporate interests exemplified […]