Terrorist isn’t anything other than a sobriquet, a meaningless, but convenient, nickname for anyone who does something, or might do something, against society or the state. It exists on a par with yob, layabout and hooligan. It is a lazy and deceitful term brought into play by George W Bush in his bogus ‘war on […]
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The people’s war on terrorism
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,279 Tuesday 08 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The late great Howard Zinn wrote in ‘Our War on Terrorism’: “Let us begin by recognizing that terrorist acts – the killing of innocent people to achieve some desired goal – are morally unacceptable and must be repudiated and […]
10,000 troops on the streets and I was worried about a police state, silly me
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,268 Friday 27 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, You claim that air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria would be in the UK’s “national interest”. As Mark McGowan, the artist taxi driver, said in a recent video, the worlds two greatest super powers, the USA and […]
When will they ever learn?
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,259 Wednesday 18 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I know that Russia isn’t your flavour of the month just now but I’m afraid I must mention Russia and add it to the list of countries you said were bombing Syria – ‘the US, France, Jordan and the […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 