One day in January 2015 at around midnight I awoke in extreme pain, such that I could barely breathe. Within 2 minutes of a 999 call the paramedics arrived and blue lighted me to A&E. I was given a pain killer suppository which was definitely the best pain killer ever. Bliss! From that point memory […]
Tag: welfare state
The Tories handling of Brexit is entirely consistent with their intent
Trying to fathom the Tory strategy over Brexit is not dissimilar to trying to work out where you were and where you were going in one of London’s infamous smogs in years past in which, sometimes, you were unable to see your hand in front of your face. I well remember being completely disoriented, not […]
Don’t let the past be our future
Theresa May recently said in a speech to mark 20 years of the Bank of England’s independence, “A free market economy, operating under the right rules and regulations, is the greatest agent of collective human progress ever created. It was the new combination which led societies out of darkness and stagnation and into the light […]
I will not go quietly
As a 66 year old bloke, a post war baby boomer, it is incredible to witness that the NHS and the welfare state aren’t even going to make it through the life cycle of one whole generation. Out of the debt and destruction of war came the greatest revolution in social care that this country […]
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 […]
2010, the rise of state cruelty, the gloves are off
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,535 Saturday 27 August 2016. Dear Mrs May, Since 2010 we have seen the rise and rise of state cruelty. This isn’t about injustice, that’s normal, built into the system and has been from time immemorial. In days of yore, brutal men would just grab any land […]
Britain’s most glorious achievement and Tory treachery
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,465 Wednesday 15 June 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, In the years since WWII, there is one beacon that I can see standing out in which I cannot just see but experience the greater personal and public good, something that exists for everyone in this country in an […]
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 […]
Britain – this is what a dictatorship looks like
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,284 Sunday 13 December 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, I have to say that the move in Britain from a putative liberal democracy to a dictatorship has been impressive. I grant you that, and the money and interests that you serve. After all what does a dictatorship look […]
Modern day slavery is alive and well in the UK
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,249 Wednesday 04 November 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The abolition of slavery is considered to be one of the mile stones in human progress yet, just like the founding of our welfare state and NHS, it was fiercely opposed by those who benefited and profited from it. […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 