You couldn’t dream it up. Imagine a situation where MPs of a political party for which they have been elected, … More
Author: martinwicks
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
A campaign against local government austerity?
According to Owen Jones a statement is being released later this week which organisers hope will be signed by local … More
Reading Labour council proposes to “market test” services
An emergency measure for local government crisis – suspend debt payments The virtual collapse of the council in Northampton is … More
Adoption of “the full” IHRA document – prelude to a witch-hunt?
“My fear is, if we similarly enshrine this definition into law, outside groups will try and suppress – rather than … More
An attack on freedom of speech and dissent
The attempted witch-hunt of critics of Israel mirrors the witch-hunt in Israel against critics of the Israeli state The article … More
Defence of the Israeli state is the real motive for the campaign against Labour ‘anti-semitism’
According to Margaret Hodge Corbyn is an “antisemite and a racist”, even though as late as March she said she … More
We need 100,000 council homes a year, not “affordable homes”
Labour’s Housing Green Paper, Housing for the many, has a fundamental flaw at its heart. It says that a Labour … More
Martin Wicks 