A letter a day to number 10. No 1,502 Monday 25 July 2016. Dear Mrs May, The privatisation of, er, well, everything, reminds me of Douglas Adams’ title of the fourth book in his ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ trilogy, ‘So long and thanks for all the fish’… So long tax payers and thanks for […]
Tag: PFI
Starving the nation for profit – debt slavery
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,455 Sunday 05 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Grossly unfit for purpose PFI deals firmly established the principle of profits before people and health. Debt financing under PFI is a scam of eye watering proportions, leaving the public holding the baby for repayments in excess of 500%. […]
The great Tory rip off, where is all our money?
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,438 Thursday 19 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Where is all our money? Iain Duncan Smith accused your government of ‘balancing the books on the backs of the most vulnerable in society’. He’s not even close, even and despite his best efforts to drive the poor into […]
Cameron launchs attack on Corbyn, oh dearie me. Nil points.
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,200 Saturday 12 September 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, By the time this letter arrives in London we will know who the next Labour leader is. It’s telling that just before the announcement of the new Labour leader you have launched your own desperate plea against the man […]
The banking crisis, the goose that laid the golden egg
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,119 Tuesday 16 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Looking back to the banking crisis, I think one of the most remarkable things about it was that it never occurred to the vast majority of ordinary people, including me, that it would become the goose that laid the […]
George Osborne’s long term economic plan is short term asset stripping
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,108 Saturday 06 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, George Osborne’s long term economic plan is to asset strip the nation, selling off our national shares and assets leaving us with nothing for the future. Let’s just check the national debt that the £1.5 billion that Royal Mail […]
‘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 […]