Disgusting over privileged oafs

In 2010 the incoming government was handed a note penned by departing treasury minister Liam Byrne which read, “Dear chief secretary, I’m afraid there is no money. Kind regards – and good luck! Liam”. It was, of course, a joke, the kind of joke shared between colleagues which us Brits are, or were, rather good […]

Working class and proud of it

You may recall George Osborne cynically using the brutal and vicious murder of six children by Mick Philpott to monster benefits recipients and the welfare state. This is what he had to say, “Philpott is responsible for these absolutely horrendous crimes and these are crimes that have shocked the nation. The courts are responsible for […]

Tory Britain, about as attractive as dogs vomit

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,468 Saturday 18 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Are you or are you not the leader of your party? If you are, something I have serious cause to question, you need to reign your party in and stop the deliberate spreading of misinformation, fear and lies. I […]

Poverty is violence, benefit sanctions are extreme state violence

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,286 Tuesday 15 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I am sure that Iain Duncan Smith will dismiss the latest research on sanctions by Financial Action and Advice Derbyshire as anecdotal or as claimant bias or politically motivated but it can come as no surprise that the findings […]

The lies that wouldn’t fool a child, only adults

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,159 Sunday 26 July 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, It is astonishing that Iain Duncan Smith can justify savaging our entire system of social security based on the reaction of people watching poverty porn on television and yet completely ignore the ever growing public outcry against the reality […]

Austerity is state violence towards millions of ordinary people

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,131 Sunday 28 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, People ask me how I can write these letters day after day? I can write them because I have no mercy in my soul for you. You do not forgive someone for abusing you knowing they will do it […]

Cameron to call for an international effort to clean up governments and business at the G7 summit

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,109 Sunday 07 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I am delighted to read that you are going to call for a global crackdown on the “cancer” of corruption in the wake of Fifa bribery allegations. The BBC reports – “He (you) will use the G7 summit in […]

The Tories intend to do what they like to us regardless of the law

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,104 Tuesday 02 June 2015. The Tories intend to do what they like to us regardless of the law. Shares are encouraged and welcomed. If this letter speaks for you and you wish to send your own copy please feel free to use it and alter it […]

Rising hatred must not be allowed to decide the future of Britain

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,103 Monday 01 June 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Figures from the Crown Prosecution Service reveal that disability hate crime has risen 213% since 2007/08 and that’s just what gets reported, the reality will be much higher. It’s hardly surprising given the relentless assaults on poor and vulnerable […]