First-World Slavery – Of Human Bondage
Does anyone remember the days before Sunday opening? Or the time when nothing happened on Sundays? Or when certain large supermarkets were closed even on Monday mornings? Or those days… Continue Reading
Browsing Category: Politics
today we celebrate
today we celebratean accident of birththe discrimination of wealtha country that feeds its royals but not its needya distorted image of love with an agendathe gulf between the great unwashedand… Continue Reading
Stradbroke democracy under threat again – Scurrilous is as Scurrilous does
Over the last few days, an anonymous and scurrilous leaflet has been appearing in the letterboxes of Stradbroke residents, akin to the anonymous and libellous leaflet which was distributed during the 2015 parish council elections…. Continue Reading
Our Neighbourhood
I have spent the last few weeks wondering why the hell there is so much traffic on Church Street, but, preoccupied with other even more useless and mindless things, the… Continue Reading
#GE2017 – You have a choice
Tomorrow, on 8th June, you have a choice, a stark choice, which will determine not only your immediate future, but the future of your children, and your children’s children. You… Continue Reading
An open letter to Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party
Dear Jeremy, I voted for you twice, once in 2015 before the wounds of the referendum were ripped into this nation’s sides, and once afterwards, when I still had hope… Continue Reading
What value education?
I am going through a severe identity crisis. Part of me feels that I am, at the age of 56, becoming the sort of man I never wanted to be… Continue Reading
Religion, politics, and a space to breathe
Dear Ren, 23rd November 2016, 20:29 Just a quick start to this. Thanks for your letter which arrived as I’m struggling with the middle section of Ice Child – the… Continue Reading
An open letter to the Free Electors of the USA
Dear Free Electors, On December 19th, you have a huge opportunity to demonstrate that the Electoral College set up by the Founding Fathers is not an irrelevance in this day… Continue Reading
An open letter to Trump and Brexit voters
Dear fellow inhabitants of the world, 2016 has been a year where many expectations and assumptions have fallen by the wayside, for a whole variety of reasons. It has also… Continue Reading