The aroma of pretty flowers can’t cover the stench
It’s got nothing to do with the Union Square garden proposal which seems nice. It’s everything else that should make us uneasy.
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Another day, another shameless corporate bluff
Does the CBI have a grasp of basic market economics? Its stance on the Tesco Tax suggests not. Unless of course it’s bluffing…
The champagne cops are a national embarrassment
Three cops so full of rich man’s champagne they refused to do their job. And now they want us to praise them for their courageous choices? There is no shame left in the Met.
Shush, we’re building the Scoundrel Dome
Patriots don’t celebrate democracy; patriots shut up and smile while the world’s great corporations come together for a giant trial of their prowess in pocketing a lot of public money. C’mon the Olympics…
Shush, we’re building the Scoundrel Dome
Patriots don’t celebrate democracy; patriots shut up and smile while the world’s great corporations come together for a giant trial of their prowess in pocketing a lot of public money. C’mon the Olympics…
The business agenda – intentionally lost in translation
There is a whole lexicon of business-leader-speak which is crafted to sound like objective analysis of the state of the nation rather than the self-interested lobbying it really is
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We can’t keep pretending that Lockerbie is over
The tide in Lockerbie is around our ears; it is too late to play Canute, but there is just about time to lift up our heads
We’re not losing the class war, but we are losing the battles
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
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It’s like praising Actimel during the plague
Two stories sitting next to each other today suggest that people still don’t really understand the underlying economic problems we face
The belligerent Major is not alone
Finally, a politician says in public that the military damages people. If only anyone would listen.