@bolshievic tweeted: Ironic. Where are the protests about foregners using the NHS without contributing? Come on Rupert Murdoch – Step Up!
Author: bolshievik
Blind Justice?
If justice is blind, that may explain why the International Criminal Court (ICC) has failed to notice the skin colour of the only two people it has convicted in its 12 years…
A job for Geldof
@bolshieVic tweeted: BBC News: 500,000 people die of malaria every year. Not to worry. Geldof can produce another record
Poor Harry
Poor Harry Windsor. To support an AIDS charity he was asked to reveal a secret. His big secret is that he gets nervous before speaking in public. Well, here’s an idea: get…
Ferguson on Obama
@bolshieVic tweeted: Obama’s view if ‘what America can be’ bears little relation to what the youth of Ferguson see America actually being #Ferguson
Obama on Ferguson
@bolshieVic tweeted: Obama: When I hear the young people around this table talk about their experiences, it violates my belief in what America can be, #Ferguson
They are NOT radicals
One of the most common words used in reporting on events in the Middle East is “radicalisation”. And in the UK the current media furore centres on a debate about what to…
Food poverty ended at a stroke
The growth of food banks and reported cases of malnutrition is a scathing indictment of 21st century British capitalism. You do not need to be a socialist to see food poverty as…
The multipack ripoff
Yesterday I walked into ASDA and was confronted by an end-of-plinth display selling multipacks of Pepsi Max for £6.00. The packaging wasn’t clear how many were in each pack, so I assumed…
The Economist on Jerusalem (Nov 08 2014) “Palestinians, but not Jews, who leave face another risk. Israel can revoke residency rights for any Palestinian absent from the city for more than five…