The flame of defiance must be kept lit

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,243 Wednesday 28 October 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, You may enjoy your brief day in the sun, but history will remember your infamy and treachery. Refusing to back the fight against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) leaving our […]

Detroit, Detroit! ‘The Free Markets’ – another name for Armageddon…

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,207 Monday 21 September 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, In many ways, though I am not an historical expert, Detroit today stands as a monument to capitalism and, indeed, neoliberalism. It stands as a testament to corruption, betrayal and abandonment, a city and its people used and abused […]

‘Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number – Shake your chains to earth like dew Which in sleep had fallen on you – Ye are many – they are few.’ – Percy Bysshe Shelley – The Mask of Anarchy.

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,079 Wednesday 06 May 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Whatever happens tomorrow, the battle for the UK is on and it won’t be won by any self aggrandising knights in shining armour in parliament. This battle belongs to the people, by the people, for the people. The Political […]

Britain, TTIP, and the new dark age

A letter a day to number 10. No 976 Friday 16 January 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Boris Johnson may well dismiss critics of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) as “numskulls”, a term he obviously learnt from reading the Beano, but playground insults do not strengthen the case for TTIP, quite the opposite. The […]