It is not the strongest of a species that survives, nor the most intelligent, it is the one most adaptable to change, that survives. Charles Darwin. The growth of civilisation was made possible because every able bodied person is capable of producing more goods than they need for their own personal survival, bearing in mind […]
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This lamentable green and pleasant land
I spent last evening with friends at a barbecue where I was gently reminded what a green and pleasant land Britain really is. This image I took is neither unusual or rare in Britain, it is the norm for most of these islands. Britain sits on a sweet spot on the planet, a goldilocks spot, […]
The Tories, punishment for life
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,437 Wednesday 18 May 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, The imposition of the SATs exams is a hostile imposition, it has no regard for the children who must suffer its iniquities, it is forced obedience for imposed answers, whether the children understand the questions and answers or not. […]
Clean up for the Queen? I thought she already had
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,347 Friday 19 February 2016. Dear Mr Cameron, I wonder if you have ever heard of the expression ‘noblesse oblige’? The Merriam Webster online dictionary provides a simple definition – ‘the idea that people who have high social rank or wealth should be helpful and generous to […]
Authoritarian brutality is a job requirement at the DWP
A letter a day to number 10. No 1,204 Friday 18 September 2015. Dear Mr Cameron, The politics and polices of demonisation and vilification in order to justify the shrinking of state provision and its privatisation is traumatising lives and worse, it is dehumanising those whose lives are traumatised and deliberately undermines human care, concern […]
Fear and Loathing in Great Britain 