a worker's views
bolshievik What a crock of s**t to describe 2016 as the start of “post-truth” politics. The Oxford English Dictionary is reported to have said that “post-truth” is their word of the year. In the Washington Post they commented: It’s official: Truth is dead. Facts are passe. What world do you live in, where the pre-2016 establishment-sanctioned … Read more
If I was the leader of the Labour Party I would not ask Diane Abbott to go on TV programmes to represent my party. She appeared on The Andrew Marr Show, today. to be interviewed by Nick Robinson. One of his first questions was straightforward. Are you in favour of Brexit or are you in … Read more
They say Americans do not do irony. And of course, they do. But the CIA, on the other hand…. When the US foreign intelligence agency issues press releases about the (shock/horror) attempts by the Russian government to influence the recent presidential campaigns, the irony is lost on them The CIA have been trying to influence … Read more
How much of a surprise was it to find that Donald Trump had been elected president? To be honest, it was less of a surprise to me this week than I would have thought a couple of weeks ago. Watching from the UK, I could not envisage how or why Trump stood a chance … Read more
It is laughable for Nick Clegg to call himself a Liberal “Democrat”. His contempt for democracy was on public display when he appeared on The Andrew Marr Show, earlier today. Clegg had turned up to justify his part in trying to prevent the UK leaving the EU. After the obligatory platitudes (of course he respects … Read more
The true nature of the socilaism espoused by Jeremy Corbyn and his Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, were revealed at the Labour Party conference today. Despite all the left rhetoric, McDonnell made a speech on economic policy which made it clear they plan to run capitalism for the capitalist class. In his own words, McDonnell wants … Read more
The referendum campaign was cheapened and degraded by accusations of lies. And the most vociferous accusers were the Remain campaign. We were repeatedly told the Leave campaign were telling lies. The Remain campaign, on the other hand, had so-called experts on their sides. International colleagues with their own vested interests to protect waded in with … Read more
You do not have to be a trained detective to work out that young black men are much more likely to be stopped and searched than young white men. As Mr Olisa puts it, it is ‘accepted practice’ to stop young black men to try to boost arrest rates for drugs such as cannabis. He … Read more
The trouble with Marxism is that most of the people use that expression have not got a clue what he was about. And I am not referring the common man or woman in the street who has misconceptions. No, the people who really misunderstand him (or misrepresent him, which is worse) are the educated class. … Read more
When did sport become a business? A long time ago. I am old enough to remember when the eastern European countries dominated many events at the Olympics, and here in the UK we muttered under our breath about how unfair it was. They were state sponsored. They did not have to work for a living. … Read more