The fight of my life

I am now officially retired and although I have been sickness retired for some years now, I am experiencing high levels of what is called cognitive dissonance – “the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioural decisions and attitude change.” Reflecting on my life, I feel my generation was […]

War and those responsible

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,486 Thursday 07 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Like many others, I wrote to Tony Blair prior to the invasion of Iraq because what was very clear at the time was that the hawks wanted war. George Bush was like a dog with a bone, there was […]

It’s time politicians learnt some respect

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,485 Wednesday 06 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, Well it’s good to see the new kind of politics that MP’s are laying out for us, so that we can act accordingly. I have been remiss in thinking that your party was fairly unique in its paternalism and […]

Ignorant elitists never learn

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,482 Sunday 03 July 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, James Traub, unsurprisingly a member of the ignorant social elites, has written the following, “It’s time for the elites to rise up against the ignorant masses. The Brexit has laid bare the political schism of our time. It’s not […]

The Tories and the referendum, bring on the clowns

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,459 Thursday 09 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, It is at least unfortunate that we have three of the worst characters possible representing the Tory case for leaving the EU, at worst it is wilful manipulation to swing the referendum in favour of staying in the EU. […]

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 war on the poor will end, it is a matter of when, not if

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,428 Monday 09 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I hope that your relentless war on the poor haunts you for the rest of your days. I also hope that Iain Duncan Smith will be reviled and prosecuted for his obscene escalation of the sanctions regime, punishing the […]

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 […]

Nothing but political sneering contempt for the electorate and democracy

A letter a day to number 10. No 1,196 Tuesday 08 September 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, If the rise of Jeremy Corbyn has revealed anything it is the widespread political contempt that so many politicians have for the electorate. Democratising the leadership election has politicians running around like headless chickens, in fact it reminds me […]

The age of hypocrisy

A letter a day to number 10. No 974 Wednesday 14 January 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I wonder what future generations will call this period in history since the rise of neoliberalism, my personal choice would be, ‘the age of hypocrisy’. Margaret Thatcher invoked St. Francis of Assisi the day she arrived at number 10 […]