a worker's views
Last week I drove to Glasgow. There were two of us in the car. I used a tank full of petrol to get there, and a tank full of petrol to get back. The petrol alone cost me about £150. I did not need the car when I got there. We were staying for the … Read more
Workers’ democracy differs from capitalist democracy in one major way. It enables the working class to control the people it selects to run the country on their behalf. If you think that the present systems of democracy achieve that, you are clrearly a simpleton. There are many ways in which the “will of the people” … Read more
What is the definition of an opportunist? Someone who has no fixed principles but jumps at every opportunity to make themselves look good. This is a week of opportunism in politics, and it is still only Tuesday. On Sunday Danny Alexander went on the Andrew Marr Show to announce his new principled opposition to tax … Read more
When the Tories and Lib-Dems say “difficult decisions” they mean cuts. Cuts. They would rather use six syllables because cuts is the C-word in politics. So when they use the euphemism we should call them (the politicians) “difficult deNcisions” – its like Cuts, but with an extra N.
Irony is not Danny Alexander’s strong point. The Treasury Minister who has diligently carried George Osborne’s bag for him over the last 4 years or so, and happily popped up on screen to present the ‘human face’ of the cuts imposed by the Coalition, sprang to the defence of his Lib-Dem leader yesterday. Mr Clegg … Read more
Vicky Pryce has written an article for The Evening Standard setting out what she thinks will decide the forthcoming election. She is an economist. And she argues that “It’s still the economy, stupid”. She makes a good point in her opening paragraph: “in reality voters are not stupid. What matters to them is the … Read more
The victory of Syriza in the Greek elections on 25 January show the willingness of the working class to stand up to vicious attacks by the ruling class on their living standards and hard-won rights. Syriza is vaunted as “radical leftics”, “communist” or even “Marxist” in the right-wing press. They are none of the above. … Read more