“Russians, Ukrainians, and Belarusians are all descendants of Ancient Rus, which was the largest state in Europe. Slavic and other…
Time to end the use of “(un)affordable rent”
Read on below or dowload a PDF Recently I discovered that a tenant living in a 3 bedroomed house on…
A semi-permanent austerity regime continues in local government
The National Audit Office did a report on local government financing in November of last year. It provides and overview…
Denying the housing crisis in Swindon
Back in October David Renard, in his capacity as Environment spokesperson for the Local Government Association wrote that “There is…
Our economy is an organised rip-off
“British capitalism has been a playground for asset strippers, speculators and monopolists” “When business profits, we all do.” Keir Starmer…
No housing crisis in Peppa Pig World
Swindon Tories deny there is a housing crisis In response to a Labour resolution calling on Swindon Council to declare…
Which of these merits action?
Purging the left appears to be more important than a Labour council operating slum-like conditions What politicans do tells you…
Different from the rest of us
Johnson appears incapable of recognising a real world event if it contradicts his opinion Many years ago Prime Minister Ted…
Penalising the poor
“…social care should not be a commodity…As with the NHS it should be free at the point of use and…
New Labour’s culpability for the housing crisis
“After 13 years of New Labour in government there were actually 655,000 less ‘social’ homes than there were when they…