There was never a moral case for taking Personal Independence Payments away from recipients of it. If the main motivation … MoreRead more…
Borrowing doesn’t mean higher rents
As quoted in the Swindon Advertiser, Matthew Courtliff appeared to be suggesting that the extra borrowing for the council’s Housing … MoreRead more…
Voting Reform could ruin your health
Anybody thinking of voting for Reform should look very carefully at their health policy. Nigel Farage has long been an … MoreRead more…
No place for the profit-motive in the NHS
A letter published in today’s Swindon Advertiser. Andrew Milroy (Americans should stay away from the NHS) was certainly right about … MoreRead more…
Growth at any cost has consequences
For the government, ‘growth’ is a panacea, but just as with a human body growth can be healthy or diseased. … MoreRead more…
Time to really end austerity
Kevin Small’s warning that next year’s budget might only be balanced by the use of ‘exceptional financial support’ (ESF) is … MoreRead more…
Winter Fuel Payment
The decision of the government to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment is wrong. Its consequences will be felt by people … MoreRead more…
A travesty of democracy
Good to see some MPs protesting about having to read the oath of allegiance to the monarch and his heirs … MoreRead more…
Gaza Wasteland
The tens of thousands of people who have died in Gaza are not the result of ‘collateral damage’, in that … MoreRead more…
Homelessness crisis
The homelessness crisis, nationally and in Swindon, continues to worsen. More than 100,000 households are in temporary accommodation in England, … MoreRead more…
Palestinian civilians suffer “incidental harm”
One War crime does not justify another “It is similarly possible to argue interdicting water and electricity is legal, if … MoreRead more…
One war crime does not justify another
The deliberate killing of civilians and the seizure of civilian hostages are war crimes. Hamas’s atrocity should be condemned unequivocally. … MoreRead more…
Necessity trumps ‘fiscal rules’
We cannot afford NOT to do what is necessary The message from Rachel Reeves is that because of the economic … MoreRead more…
Why does the Labour leadership support austerity?
Rachel Reeves straight-jacket for a future Labour government Writing in the Financial Times Adam Tooze asks whether “western elites have … MoreRead more…
The imperial roots of British racism
“Sydney Smith tells us that men seldom eulogize the wisdom and virtues of their fathers, but to excuse some folly … MoreRead more…
“A corporate world that evinced almost psychopathic disregard for human life”
In his book, Show me the bodies – Why we let Grenfell happen, Peter Apps writes: “Over a period of … MoreRead more…
Mission impossible
The corpse of New Labour cannot be resuscitated “If Reeves and Starmer’s economics had been applied in 1945 the NHS … MoreRead more…
Big business: a force for exploiting workers and ripping off customers
Keir Starmer has said that “business is a force for good in society, providing jobs, prosperity and wealth”. This generalisation … MoreRead more…
An assault on democracy
The government’s draconian strike legislation has nothing to do with safety. It is designed to weaken the power of trades … MoreRead more…
New Israeli government – “not in our name”?
Debate rages in Jewish communities over the new Israeli government The electoral success of extreme right wing organisations in the … MoreRead more…