Author Archives: I Am Not A Number

There may be a a small number of racist morons in the LP but that is absolutely NOT what the anti-Semitism crisis was/is about. It is all about the fact many on the left believe that the Palestinians have been … Continue reading →

I grew up during the Cold War (b.1956) and right up until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1989,  ‘freedom of speech’ really mattered. A common refrain in public discourse was the phrase, “I disapprove of what you say, … Continue reading →

So democratic socialism is defeated for at least another generation. Brexit will be ignored and the right will paint this as a failure of the Left. Just as the presence of the SDP has been forgotten in the history of … Continue reading →

This is very good on the neoliberal capitalist framing of the word ‘freedom’. If the rich and powerful are ‘free’ to do anything they wish with their power and money where does that leave the rest of us?

These days the BBC are not even attempting to disguise their partisan centrist, liberal, metropolitan, establishment, political bias. Many on the left, including me, have traditionally been strong supporters of the idea of a collectively owned ‘people’s broadcaster’ that could … Continue reading →

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Saw this the day after I wrote this https://www.marketwatch.com/story/incompetent-people-from-wealthy-backgrounds-are-more-likely-to-act-like-theyre-smart-and-people-believe-them-2019-05-21 And then this https://qz.com/694340/the-richest-families-in-florence-in-1427-are-still-the-richest-families-in-florence/ So now rich people in the USA are now openly claiming that they are healthier than poor people because they are morally superior! This idea … Continue reading →

Can you imagine the press narrative if it was a Labour Party that refused to call a GE in the current circumstances? Imagine if a LP government without an overall majority, that had failed in a defining international negotiation, that … Continue reading →