Tag: post-war consensus

The Tories handling of Brexit is entirely consistent with their intent

Trying to fathom the Tory strategy over Brexit is not dissimilar to trying to work out where you were and where you were going in one of London’s infamous smogs in years past in which, sometimes, you were unable to see your hand in front of your face. I well remember being completely disoriented, not […]

I will not go quietly

As a 66 year old bloke, a post war baby boomer, it is incredible to witness that the NHS and the welfare state aren’t even going to make it through the life cycle of one whole generation. Out of the debt and destruction of war came the greatest revolution in social care that this country […]

2010, the rise of state cruelty, the gloves are off

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,535 Saturday 27 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, Since 2010 we have seen the rise and rise of state cruelty. This isn’t about injustice, that’s normal, built into the system and has been from time immemorial. In days of yore, brutal men would just grab any land […]

Time in running out on greed

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,518 Wednesday 10 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, There is a seismic political change happening in this country and not before time. For myself, I am tired of besuited political demagogues and stateswomen and men talking down to us, prepared to press the nuclear button without a […]

Britain’s most glorious achievement and Tory treachery

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,465 Wednesday 15 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, In the years since WWII, there is one beacon that I can see standing out in which I cannot just see but experience the greater personal and public good, something that exists for everyone in this country in an […]

Cameron must go. #ResignDavidCameron

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,398 Sunday 10 April 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, The Tory mind set is remarkable and one I shall never understand. The post-war consensus was a revolutionary movement which gave rise to the NHS and the welfare state. Those who oppose it dismiss it as socialism, wrapping it […]