Category Archives: Power

The EU Referendum

Posted on 18/06/2016 by

I am seeing a lot of very stupid people out there, almost all of them on the Leave side. No matter how reasoned the argument, no matter how reputable the sources, most people on the Leave side simply do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Politics, Power | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tribalism, or: Divided We Fall

Posted on 15/08/2015 by

Britain is effectively a one-party state. That’s a bold opening statement, isn’t it? However, it is accurate, and I’m going to tell you why. We use a voting system known as First Past The Post. Under that system, the one … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Power, Reform | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Call to Action

Posted on 25/07/2015 by

I dare say that many people reading this will be in favour of things like social justice, equality, a welfare state that complies with the articles of the UN Declaration of Human Rights, a publicly-funded NHS, environmental protection, ordinary people … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Power, Reform | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Election Aftermath

Posted on 09/05/2015 by

That was the worst possible result from almost any perspective. From the perspective of anyone who cares about the environment, social justice and equality, economic recovery, the quality of life of the vast majority of people in the country (particularly … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Equality, Politics, Power, Reform | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Election 2015

Posted on 02/05/2015 by

I suspect you’d either have to be living under a rock or in a foreign country to not realise that the UK is going to have a general election in a few days. It will be the most important general … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Equality, Politics, Power | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Keith Ordinary Guy

Posted on 12/07/2014 by

http://www.keithordinaryguy.org.uk/ Dear Mr Cameron, I think the thing that shocks me most about what is happening in my country today at your governments unlovely hands is that we are being ripped off. What’s sad about that is that we’ve always … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Politics, Power | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Elections

Posted on 24/05/2014 by

So, in case you were unaware, on Thursday we had some elections. The whole of the UK had elections for the European Parliament, and most of England had elections for local councils as well. Just take a few minutes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Power | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments