Labour’s plans to tackle the housing crisis will fail unless they are bold enough to back councils with guaranteed grant, … More
Author: martinwicks
A lifelong trade union activist, I was for 20 years an NUR/RMT rep in various positions. Now retired I am a tenant activist, Secretary of Swindon Tenants Campaign Group. I am on the national committee of the Defend Council Housing campaign.
I am also Secretary of Parks & East Walcot Community Forum
This 'blog' is a means of putting my writing in one place rather than a blow by blow stream of consciousness type of blog.
As well as political and trade union articles you can also read reviews on films, or music, and some of my photographs.
“A state for some of its citizens”
Netanyahu inadvertently shows why a key IHRA “example” is false Netanyahu’s disagreement with an Israeli actress has created something of … More
The Cavendish Square conundrum
Swindon Borough Council has recently bought some land at Cavendish Square for more than £3 million. This was land that … More
Witch hunting socialists, including Jewish ones
“Because it’s very much part of their politics, of hard left politics, to be against capitalists and to see Jewish … More
Watson’s threat to split Labour (and deliver a general election to the Tories)
Labour faces the threat of a serious split which could torpedo its electoral prospects. The consequences for those who are … More
Prejudice against council housing
Russell Holland’s extraordinary outburst reported in the Advertiser ( £400k for no houses ‘money down the drain’) shows his prejudice … More
Tom Watson declares MPs’ break from Labour “premature”
You couldn’t dream it up. Imagine a situation where MPs of a political party for which they have been elected, … More
The centenary of the “Addison Act”
“The money we propose to spend on housing is an insurance against Bolshevism and revolution” Introduction The year 2019 marks … More
Radicalising Labour’s housing policy
This is an article published in Labour Briefing The contradiction between Labour’s official housing policies and the more radical aspirations … More
Labour needs to be pressed to put council housing at the top of its priorities list
MARTIN WICKS reflects on Labour’s housing policy in the wake of the party’s conference in Liverpool THE contradiction between Labour’s … More
