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 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 […]

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 […]

Politics and media, run by people who’d be challenged by potty training

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,490 Monday 11 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, The big question for me right now is what are people who are of no earthly use to man nor beast doing posing as MP’s, and why are they so terrified of a politician who is actually and demonstrably […]

A man who deals in insults has no place dealing with war

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,274 Thursday 03 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I have written a great many letters to you on a great many subjects but I never thought I would ever write such a one as this. Jeremy Corbyn has taken some stick in recent times and the further […]

Dear Jeremy,

Jeremy Corbyn 10 Melton St London NW1 2EJ 17 September 2015 Dear Jeremy, I hope you will forgive the familiarity, but as it’s something you’ve created, I’ll let you off. You’ve done something that is only rivalled by the founding of the NHS and the Welfare State which demanded so much courage and strength from […]

Insulting the intelligence of the nation

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,192 Thursday 03 September 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, You must be enjoying the spectacle of Labour tearing itself apart immensely. Had they applied themselves with such vigour in opposing your policies of attrition against the good people of this country, the last general election might have had […]

Gross inequality feeds the violence of poverty

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,068 Friday 24 April 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, What really angered me about you talking about poverty and having a go at Miliband and Balls was that you expressed irritation or anger at them. In a nation like ours poverty is ideological, your government has relentlessly pursued […]