a worker's views
The Labour Party’s announcement that they will provide free fibre broadband to every home in the country by 2030 has hit the headlines today. It is an eye-catching claim. And Boris Johnson has boosted its socialist credentials by describing it as a ‘communist’ policy. Yet other capitalist commentators are not so sure. Is nationalisation a … Read more
I have been looking at several left-wing websites, hoping to find a rationale for the position I have decided to take. And I do not see it. They all want me to vote Labour. Some say put them in power to demonstrate to the working class they are not truly socialist. The argument goes that … Read more
When Jeremy Corbyn said a fair society would not contain billionaires, it did not seem controversial to me. The existence of an individual with access to one thousand million pounds (or dollars) can only seem acceptable to people who think gross inequality is a good idea. The usual culprits have sprung to the defence of … Read more