Mary Lockhart We are at war. It is is being waged against those with least by those with most. So called Welfare Reform, and its assault on the lowest paid, on those who care for sick and disabled people, on those who have long term illness and debilitating conditions. The shattering of the NHS. The […]
Atos has been the target of protests by disabled people demonstrating against the fitness-to-work tests carried out by the company. Photograph: Julian Makey / Rex Features/Rex Features Atos, the company contracted by the Department for Work and Pensions to carry out medical assessments of people claiming benefits, has subcontracted elements of the work back to […]
Brian Wilson: Don’t dump UK just to dump Tories By BRIAN WILSON Published on Wednesday 17 October 2012 00:00 The referendum vote must take a long-term view of what is best for Scotland, not push short-term change, writes Brian Wilson Maybe they should have decamped from the comfort zone of St […]
Steve Richards Wednesday 3 October 2012 Ed Miliband’s speech was the political moment when New Labour gave way to One Nation Labour Stunningly artful in positioning and projection, this speech by the Labour leader will resonate with many of the Liberal Democrats in government Navigating his party from New Labour to One Nation Labour, Ed […]
Those who repetitively deride Ed Milliband for lack of Charisma may usefully reflect the same was said of Attlee – a Labour Leader taking over as Prime Minister in a period of much greater austerity – and yet achieving much we look back to including huge developments in Health, Housing , Energy policy… to name but […]
REPOSTED FROM FACEBOOK Quote Of The Day – Winston Churchill On Socialism leehernly.me “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” – Winston Churchill (H/T The Republican Revolution) Anthony F. Angelic This quote on Socialism,via Winston Churchill, was […]
cameron-cloggysmoralcompass.blogspot.com via Alexandrina Braithwaite ‘The free swimming scheme scheme for the under-16s and over-60s was launched by the Labour government as part of the Labour government’s healthy living and eating drive to go hand in hand with holding the Olympic Games was cut by the incoming coalition government in 2010. The Tory government said that […]
John Macdonald via Tim Hayward Whilst an excellent analysis of the way the NHS is being privatised it unfortunately implies the NHS is ‘ours’. Unless the Left and others who support the NHS come up with an analysis as to how to transform it so it does become ‘ours’ than the neoliberals from Thatcher to […]
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Mary Lockhart We are at war. It is is being waged against those with least by those with most. So called Welfare Reform, and its assault on the lowest paid, on those who care for sick and disabled people, on those who have long term illness and debilitating conditions. The shattering of the NHS. The […]