At the recent Prime Minister’s Question Time David Cameron goaded interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman on Labour’s attitude to the…
Stop the Tories ballot-rigging proposal
Stop the Tories ballot rigging proposals A letter to the Swindon Advertiser The parliamentary majority which the Tories won in…
What happened and why?
These are some brief initial observations on the outcome of the General Election. Understanding exactly what happened in the General…
Signal Failure – Rail privatisation & the fight against it
20 years ago I wrote a pamphlet for the Thames Valley District Council of the RMT. The text on the…
“What Future for Council Housing?” now available
Ken Loach “Martin Wicks has written a valuable account of a grassroots campaign from the inside, but the book is…
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island George Osborne’s Budget speech reminded me of the old saying, an empty vessel makes the most noise. He…
Keep Buckhurst Field a public open space
I’m not sure what evidence Elizabeth Mackley has that the proposal by the New College Corporation in relation to Buckhurst…
Buckhurst field and the New College Corporation
New College is shortly to put in an application for an all-weather football pitch on Council owned Buckhurst field1 which…
What future for Council Housing?
Council housing and the housing crisis A book by Martin Wicks Everybody knows there is a housing crisis. However, it…
The cleaners and the oligarchs
Why solidarity with Syriza against the EU leaders is crucial If anybody can remember a new Finance Minister (anywhere in…
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