This was of course a trailer from the Corbyn era prior to the lost election. In my view, then as now, it is still a sentiment that is entirely appropriate. Perhaps Conservative techniques are still working and invoking identity politics will keep us opposing each other rather than the real problem. Or, actually, we need… Read more
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Police Bill and power
Rebecca Long-Bailey gives two and a half minutes or so of heartfelt opposition to the Police Bill now going through Parliament – amazingly without a single Conservative MP voting against. This Bill not only infringes everyone’s right to free expression, it neatly entails the everyday politicisation of the Police, which as we have seen during… Read more
Don’t say that Milton Keynes is humourless…
Lovely – from ‘Private Eye’, I think…… Read more
A use for Johnson’s speeches?
Apparently Johnson’s speech to the Conservative Party conference on Tuesday was a full 25 minutes of puffery. Someone has found a use for a shorter version:… Read more
Johnson’s government proves the truth of ‘perfidious albion’
This tweet from the BBC’s Europe correspondent provides another possible reason for Johnson’s Internal Market Bill: Katya Adler@BBCkatyaadler Opinion amongst EU diplomats is broadly that IF PM is talking about EU threatening integrity of UK endangering peace in NIreland etc IN ORDER to eventually sell idea to Tory party that doing a trade deal with… Read more
MMT – technique exposes purpose
Thinking about the two recent reviews of The Deficit Myth, I am coming to the view that these rather lightweight critiques are simply designed to sow seeds of doubt in readers minds. But there is no very serious argument against the facts of the case. When Jessop says that if something seems too good to… Read more
Eye test in progress…
Can government afford debts? Try credit creation
“All money is debt” says Ann Pettifor in an interesting talk with Paul Mason and Molly Scott-Cato, economists all, on XRTV. And yes the XR is the XR we know – and mostly love. I have to say I think Gail Bradbrook, even if she may not consider this her core skill, does a much… Read more
The perfect excuse to remain…
So Johnson is being looked after by a member of the medical profession who is here as the veritable result of EU ‘freedom of movement’: For the avoidance of doubt he is an NHS doctor at Guy’s and St Thomas’. As David Graeber has said “Boris Johnson is a heartless bastard but I’m not, so… Read more
Why Coronovirus is so problematic…
This suggests that Coronavirus is very, very, infectious and also has a rather higher death rate than flu. So by keeping down the transmission rate we really do save lives……. Read more