The class war rumbles on, but we need to lift up our eyes and remind ourselves that universalism is a crucial element in any victory
Read More »We’re not losing the class war, but we are losing the battles
Two stories sitting next to each other today suggest that people still don’t really understand the underlying economic problems we face
Finally, a politician says in public that the military damages people. If only anyone would listen.
Suddenly everyone knows that the Rangers owner is a devious parasite. So why don’t they realise that he is the embodiment of British Capitalism and not an aberration?
There has been such endless discussion of the Tory Government ‘workfare’ scheme that if you weren’t paying attention you’d think it was a technical matter and not a right-wing fetish with pushing people about
In the foreground, our earnest Prime Minister telling us to stop being suspicious of businesses. In the background, one of his business pals stuffing her pockets with public money.
In the trailed extracts of his speech, Cameron doesn’t seem to have understood the very philosophy behind free-market economics. Is he a committed capitalist, or is he just an old-fashioned elitist Tory
We are still being force-fed the bankrupt theories of ‘supply-side economics’ on the assumption we won’t really know what it means. Time to swat up.
Very right wing think tank seems very confused over the meaning of words – or is simply just at it
Read More »Smoking out the difference between proof and evidence
A poll on attitudes to the behaviour of big energy companies runs absolutely counter to the dominant political narrative. So what wins out?