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Over the last five weeks we have seen an unprecedented attack on our most basic freedoms and human rights in the UK. Our freedom of movement, to work, buy and…
Why, it is attending meetings of course. Is there anything more important than a lengthy debate about a comrade’s possible transgression of the Rule Book? It is also a lifelong…
Today is the anniversary of the MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY. The year was 1789. Something else happened a few days later in France. As we go through turbulent times does…
Le Souris Blanche (Nancy Wake) Having had my arm twisted to do another article in the series I remembered a very brave woman, Nancy Wake. I found out about her…
With many dedicated Labour members struggling to remain paid members after the election of Keir Starmer as the new leader ( I have spoken to many of them), I submit…
Might we declare a moratorium on the phrase ‘Back to Normal’?Is your ‘normal’ remotely like that of (Sir, for the moment) Richard Branson? Or David Cameron? Or Tony Blair? Perhaps…
Our prime minister failed to chair not one but five emergency meetings, known as COBRA. The letters sort of stand for Cabinet Office Meeting Rooms In fact they are cross…
1. How do we get out of the mess? And 2. In what kind of society do we wish to live afterwards? I have little idea how we manage 1.,…
Three deities on Mount Olympus, having been instructed by Zeus to lockdown together, decide to hold a symposium. You know the meaning of the word symposium? It is Greek for…
I would like to look at a few women who made a real difference in political life and are often, if not ignored, relegated to ‘also rans’ for their contributions.…