The cold snap from Russia is clearing out the population as the elderly and the very young struggle to cope with the cold weather, which can reach -13 degrees with the wind factor taken into account. As we wait for the postponed Spring it seems that Russia’s Putin is not only the source of the […]
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New Future For Britain
And that was that! David Cameron resigns and leads a zombie government, a year after stunning the world with a unbelievable election win. Nicola Sturgeon lays down a new marker to break up the Union with a new Scottish referendum demand. Northern Ireland began to look at breaking away to stay in the European Union, […]
MayDay, MayDay. Does Still Matter?
Mayday used to be important. It was a day in which labour reasserted its desire to be respected and an important part of the ‘wheels of production’ on a international scale. Now it seems to be a glorified riot in which anarchist and smash down merchants have a ‘TV’ riot and Moscow show off […]
Tom Perkins Hero For The Working Class
Thank god for Tom Perkins! We need a pantomime villain and he fits the bill like a well tailored glove. Forget your illiterate Russian oligarchs, your retarded Caribbean robber baron or even your self important Asian slave driver; give us a old fashioned plutocrat with more money than sense and Karl Marx theory about wealth, […]
Road Map For Egypt
As a rabid democrat and pragmatic humanist it is strange siding with a military junta that has just taken over from the democratically elected President. But in this case it needed to be done because President Morsi was not protecting the minorities within his country. I maybe bias in that I believe religion should be […]
Mohamed Morsi As A Poker Player
As thousands of people head for Tahrir Square it is clear that Mohamed Morsi is in a crisis of his own making. As the first fairly elected leader of Egypt he should be looking to be the father of a democratic nation, instead he has 24 hours to quell the disquiet of the people and resist […]
Edward Snowden Off To Iceland
Edward Snowden is a man who has a date with destiny. After letting the whole world know that the most powerful nation the world has ever seen spies on everyone via a thing called Prism, is on the run from that said country. To be called a traitor by Dick Cheney is equivalent to being called […]