“British capitalism has been a playground for asset strippers, speculators and monopolists” “When business profits, we all do.” Keir Starmer … More
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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 … More
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 … More
Help to Buy drives the widening gulf between house prices and earnings
In a recent letter to the Swindon Advertiser I quoted the price of a median house in Swindon increasing to … More
Swindon house prices race ahead of earnings
In a recent letter to the Swindon Advertiser I wrote about house price rises continuing to outstrip wages. Since then … More
Property price rises are bad news
The unattributed article, “Property prices rise in Swindon”, informed us that the average property price in April was £233,294. The … More
Why can’t we have a “nation state law” over here?
Keir Starmer fails to condemn the racism of the Israeli state or to challenge far right racist views of an … More
Is Labour a democracy or an autocracy?
Is the Labour apparatus really going to war against its members rather than the Tory government? “Article 10 (of the … More
There’s too much lip service paid to tenant engagement
This is an article published in Inside Housing Tenants have to fight for the right to be consulted on a … More
An attack on democracy and freedom of criticism
“Article 10 (of the European Convention of Human Rights) will protect Labour Party members who, for example, make legitimate criticisms … More
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