Tag Archives: Labour

How the far left is strengthening conservatism.

The far left have been pumped full of steroids since Jeremy “JEZ we can” Corbyn became Labour leader, and now, more than ever, they’re out for a spoil. He passively aggressively adopted the ‘we’re a broad church’ line at the … Continue reading

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Jeremy Corbyn – a symptom of the Labour party’s malaise.

Nine months ago I wrote that Labour’s decline was in part due an obtuse allegiance of its members and hardcore voters to the party name. Well, to quote his Bobness ‘things have changed’. A schism has formed. Broadly speaking there … Continue reading

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Grexit and Austerity: the slogans of antipathy.

Don’t you just hate the sensationalising of events with catchphrases? We accept that genuine disasters are usually given abbreviations as a convenience and then absorbed into the lexicon immediately, say ‘Piper Alpha’, ‘Dunblane’, ‘Lockerbie’ or ‘9/11’. Okay, so that last … Continue reading

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The Telly Is Shite

I really shouldn’t give a toss But the telly is fucking dross I brace myself, pick up the remote Land on a soap; generic, inchoate And immediately my thoughts float, Like Libyans fleeing on a leaky boat Switch over to … Continue reading

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Smearing Sturgeon

With the General Election only a month away, expect a failing fourth estate that’s entirely reliant on sustaining the British electorate’s loyalty to Westminster’s conventions and structures, to throw copious amounts of shit at her and the SNP. The recent … Continue reading

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