What makes Ken Loach’s ‘I, Daniel Blake’ so powerful is where the plot impacts on life. Most films and documentaries take for granted certain elements of life, like eating and shelter. Such things are assumed, a meal – at ‘home’, in a cafe or restaurant, and access to a home, cafe or restaurant which means […]
Tag: Stephen Crabb
Lord Freud would be enough to drive Jesus to drink
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,489 Sunday 10 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I am mindful today of the last chapter of the book of proverbs in the bible. ‘The words of Lemuel, King of Massa, which his mother taught him’. Here are verses 4 – 7 of what your mum clearly […]
The battle for women’s pensions is everyone’s battle against state abuse
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,440 Saturday 21 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I understand that you do not consider us to be human beings in any meaningful sense, but expendable economic units to serve the interests of the markets and wealth. Workers ceased to be personnel somewhere in the mid 80’s […]
Electoral fraud investigations and economic warfare on the poor
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,435 Monday 16 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Following on from yesterday on investigations into electoral fraud, had the election results been different, not only would your majority have been in question, but the vote to cutES ESA by £30 a week for the sick and disabled […]
Crabb to deploy smart strategies against sick and disabled people
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,431 Thursday 12 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Isn’t this just juicy? We had ‘stock’ from Iain Duncan Smith, ‘swarms’ from you and now we have ‘cohorts’ from Stephen Crabb. Cohorts of inconvenient sick and disabled people. Having told parliament less than two months ago, “we have […]
Staggering into the realms of the berserk & deranged
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,430 Wednesday 11 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I’m mindful of the old Chinese curse, ‘may you live in interesting times’, and here we are. Poor old Britain is in a parlous state as is the government which purports to run her. You really are staggering from […]
The utter hypocrisy of Cameron’s Easter message
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,385 Monday 28 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Given the growing chaos and disintegration within your party and the country I have to admit I was surprised you had the gall to video an Easter message. Hope and help for the homeless? Since 2010 homelessness has increased […]
The passing of a Judas
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,377 Sunday 20 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Whilst I welcome the news that Iain Duncan Smith has resigned as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, he walks away from the chaos that he remains responsible for orchestrating. In his letter of resignation Smith writes, ‘It […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 