The reciprocal closeness in the relationship between journalism and power is a prominent feature of British political history. In times of war or national crisis, media organisations are expected more often than not to behave as if they were an … Continue reading
As the Brexit debate deteriorates in quality at an alarming rate, it appears that any hope of Britain returning to its democratic senses is receding fast. The most recent cases include Ian Duncan Smith dismissing Kier Starmer, shadow Brexit minister … Continue reading
Most people across the developed world still get most of their news via television – and traditional news brands, produced by journalists, still top the rankings for the most read news on the internet. But a growing number of people … Continue reading
Regular readers of this blog know that my admiration for Jon Stewart knows no bounds and his near total absence from broadcast media since ending his run on the Daily Show has been disheartening for so many reasons. In this, his first … Continue reading
The following (excluding the Panorama Hacking Trial video) was received this afternoon by email from the Hacked-Off campaign which I wholeheartedly support. Please consider signing the petition to stop Rupert Murdoch and others from exerting too much control over our … Continue reading
Any time a politician, or any public figure for that matter, tries to discuss the subject of wealth and income inequality they are immediately castigated in the right-wing media as being engaged in “class warfare“. Even president Obama, who had … Continue reading
Almost exactly a year ago, the core argument used by right-wingers around the world to justify accelerated budget deficit reduction, Reinhart and Rogoff’s “Growth in a Time of Debt”, was fatally undermined by Thomas Herndon, an economics graduate student, when he … Continue reading
It is said that what happens in the US happens in the UK shortly afterwards. This clip of the Daily Show shows US conservatives making the argument that it is ok to attack the incomes and the dignity of the weakest and the poorest … Continue reading
Jeremy Paxman discusses wealth inequality and a global wealth tax with Thomas Piketty author of “Capital In The 21st Century” on Newsnight (30 April 2014). Video © BBC *********************************************** Wealth inequality and other things we don’t have to learn from … Continue reading
It is said that what happens in the US happens in the UK shortly afterwards. This clip of the Daily Show was broadcast in August 2011 and touches on many of the same arguments used by the Conservative Party in the … Continue reading
Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat and soulless enabling slimebag. ‘Nuff said. Related articles Nick Clegg’s Moral Manoeuvrability: Power At Any Price If Robert Peston thinks that it’s time to stop bashing the bankers he’s wrong Support for the Nazis and Andrew Wakefield, … Continue reading
Thatcher’s advertising guru Maurice Saatchi agrees that “capitalism isn’t working”, that Karl Marx may have been right and that the UK energy market is run by a cartel. Whatever next? Related articles If Robert Peston thinks that it’s time to stop … Continue reading
On Wednesday it was revealed that former Tory treasurer Michael Spencer‘s financial broking company, ICAP, had been fined £55m for fixing the LIBOR market. Spencer, who owns 17% of the company valued at £2.41bn has donated almost £5m to the Conservative … Continue reading
To any sensible person that has bothered to study a little modern world history, socialism in the sense of the Marxist philosophy, was a great idea but not a practical one. In the UK, especially in the 1970’s, we had … Continue reading
Today Nick Clegg said to the Liberal Democrat’s conference that the LibDems are “not here to prop up the two-party system“. Really? The first clip above (all videos are best watched in full screen for subtitle readability) is Lord Razzall, former Chair of the Liberal Democrats’ Campaigns … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 