Four years of witness to the depravity of the worst government in UK history

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,374 Thursday 17 March 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I hope you’ve got the party poppers out. It’s four years since I started these little daily chats. A witness to the depravity of the worst government in UK history. I love life. Life is the natural expression of […]

The rule of law? Not in Britain

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,294 Wednesday 23 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The presumption of innocence has been steadily eroded over many years. Whether I am correct in thinking that Margaret Thatcher was the author of its demise I’m not sure but she certainly and spectacularly showed her disdain for it […]

Jeremy Hunt, as much use as a blow-up doll with no orifices

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,262 Saturday 21 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, It is impossible to overstate the social impact of the likes of Edward Bernays and the role that Public Relations (PR) (Peace time propaganda) has played in manufacturing consent, manipulating the minds of the common herd, the mob, the […]

The workers are the powerhouse of the nation!

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,084 Wednesday 13 May 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Mark McGowan, the artist taxi driver, was talking about work yesterday, and had this to say,  “You’re stuck. What is work? Why do we work? Why don’t we have more money? The idea of work is to debilitate you. […]

The lives of the poor are acceptable collateral damage to the Tories

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,065 Tuesday 21 April 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, Margaret Thatcher called workers ‘the enemy within’ and went on to destroy industry in the UK as an act of class vengeance. The nation that birthed the Industrial Revolution was crushed by Thatcher and we have since turned into […]

Be gentle with mental illness, fight the real enemy

A letter a day to number 10. No 954 Tuesday 23 December 2014. Dear Mr Cameron, In my own life I have described mental illness as living with the enemy within. It is a profound experience never knowing when it will strike, no day, indeed no moment, is safe, there is no safety net and […]