The Richard Drax column Chemical weapons are nasty whoever uses them. Whether it is the Syrian government out of Damascus; the Nazi regime with orders from Berlin; the US generals in Vietnam or the Hussein autocracy against the Kurds it is a horrible way to die! Not that being...
How Dorset and South West England MP's voted in the Syria debate of 29th August 2013.
Harry Paterson was quite right in his recent article, Labour, blue or not, is no alternative. The 3 main parties are Persil, Ariel and Daz, same stuff in different boxes. My alternative is for everyone to use the Internet to debate policy and vote on everything and rebalance our...
No one, at least no one with even a semi-functioning intelligence, is under any illusions that the Labour party offers any substantive alternative to the Coalition’s unconditional class war; we know all too well exactly what kind of unprincipled, unscrupulous spivs dominate the party. Underneath them, though, are the...
You couldn't make it up and you don't have to. The mainstream press and media have reported the facts even though they've been buried under the ever increasing padding, dross and irrelevant non articles designed to distract public attention from what is really important. Call it 'expenses fiddling', 'creative...
South East Dorset Green Party is delighted at the news that the Green Party today accepted the nomination of London Assembly Member, Jenny Jones to the second chamber in the Palace of Westminster. Ms Jones was chosen as the Green Party nomination by a ballot of all members of the...
1. Introduced unpaid, unlimited workfare for those deemed too sick or disabled to work by their doctor. 2. Scrapped crisis loans and community care grants for the most vulnerable. 3. Severely reduced Legal Aid so that equal, fair access to justice is no longer preserved. 4. Increased VAT ensuring...
Bill Shankly, the late, great manager of Liverpool Football Club, on hearing about the introduction of a new offside rule that said a player isn’t offside unless he’s interfering with play, famously said, If a player is not interfering with play or seeking to gain an advantage, then...
The row over Labour candidate selection in Falkirk is just a symptom of our 19th century party system. I am somewhat mystified by the Prime Minister’s jibes about disunity in the Labour party. It seems the Labour party has a problem, but why should Conservatives be concerned? Doesn’t Labour’s...
Lord Freud, the millionaire government minister and former investment banker, has outraged many in the House of Lords and poverty campaigners by claiming that there is no link between the government’s benefit reforms and the massive increase in the number of people needing help from Foodbanks. Freud’s statements beggar...
