a worker's views
bolshievik The Tories discriminate against mental health patients. It’s official. The Tory government wanted to save money on benefits. The Tories have a record of attacking the poor Cameron and Osborne claimed they were making difficult decision when they launched their anti-working class offensive, codename Operation Austerity. In March 2017 the Theresa May government decided to … Read more
The British Prime Minister cares about the excesses of capitalism. We know, because she told us so. Just not enough to do something about it. Her most recent foray into the world of faux caring is an article she wrote in today’s Observer. Boardroom excesses can no longer be tolerated, she tells us. So what … Read more
It must be hard for George Osborne to hide his hatred and disgust for the woman who sacked him: Theresa May. Or else he just does not try to disguise it at all. Since taking the plum job of editing the London Evening Standard, a job he does on a part-time basis for a full-time … Read more
The BoE (Bank of England) decision to increase interest rates to 0.5% was a vote of confidence in Brexit. That was what the headlines should have been in the capitalist press. When the rate was reduced in August 2016 we were told it was because of the vote to leave the European Union. The decision … Read more
When a tragedy like the Grenfell Tower fire happens, people instinctively know why. We can pore over the detail. We can set up public enquiries. We can dissect the fire regulations, and the relationship between the government, the local authority and the KCTMO (an NGO set up to allow the council to keep the day-to-day … Read more
The media are hailing Emmanuel Macron’s election as President of France as a victory for their own bourgeois-liberal agenda. But analysis of the results gives a very different picture. Macron is a former merchant banker who was recruited by the reformist President Hollande to the position of Finance Minister. The idea that he could attract … Read more
They try to brainwash you. They don’t care if you know they are doing it. It works. So they just keep on doing it The Tories are using the mantra ‘strong and stable’ to describe themselves at every opportunity. Even though interviewers have picked up on the ploy, they continue regradless. They believe that if … Read more
The announcement that George Osborne is to take over as editor of The London Evening Standard is just another example of corruption in high places. What experience does the ex-Chancellor have of editing a large circulation newspaper? Zilch. The salary he will earn has not been disclosed, but it is unlikely to be a major … Read more
When a former finance minister in an African country gets a plum job just after leaving office, the word ‘corruption’ is bound to be in the headlines. But when George Osborne takes a salary of £650,000 a year for working less than one day a week, the press are more circumspect. The only reason George … Read more
The UK’s permanent representative to the EU (let’s call him ambassador, for short) resigned and sent a long email to all his staff. Not the usual ‘thanks for all your hard work’ and ‘I will miss you’ for Sir Ivan Rogers. No, he had a lot to say for himself. About 1400 words. For all … Read more