Same Old Excuses, From the Same Old Guard

Jeremy Corbyn has old solutions to old problems

Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls’ wife, and long-time Blairite was trying to gain the leadership of the Labour party. The party formed with the premise of representing those as yet unrepresented in the political sphere, the working class’. To what was she referring?

Islam, Women, and the Right-Wing Myth

On the 27th of February (2015) at 11.26am BBC Radio 5Live had a contributor who said “They hate everything about our way of life.. They despise everything we stand for, and want to destroy our way of life, they hate that our women have jobs”  when referring to IS.

Our Union, or a Corporate Dictatorship?

In a country that has amongst the strictest union laws in the world, 203 people died in work related incidences in 2013/14. Our attitudes to unions encourage low pay, victimisation, and safety lapses.

Democracy, where is it for me?

“The rules there (House of Lords) are different and plenty of people have commercial interests there… I’ll be able to help you more” Jack Straw MP

Last week’s revelations about two former Home Secretaries included Jack Straw’s comments above. This got me thinking about two things. How on earth can we claim this is a democracy when two-thirds of our legislative process is unelected, in the Monarch and the House of Lords? Secondly how any business influence over legislation has to be inherently bad, as selfish interests shouldn’t influence public decisions.

Ukrainian pledge, Russia vexed.

With David Cameron pledging UK troops to help train and prepare the Ukrainians, May Day Musings takes a look at his decision, and its potential impact.

To some, the power is the glory.

The fact that pensioners have had their universal credit protected by the Conservatives should they win the next election, coupled with the capping of spending on education, shows that some are only interested in power.