Tag Archives: Tories
Kicking the crutch
Bankers, the targets for so much vilification, are not usually noted as great philosophers. But perhaps they have been judged unfairly if this observation, by former Deutsche Bank CEO Hilmar Kopper, is true: As a banker, you have no lack … Continue reading
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Gizza job?
New figures just released show that if you were born in the UK in the last 25 years, you had better hope that you have incredible talents. The jobless total for 16 to 24-year-olds hit a record of 1.02 million … Continue reading
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Home strange home
I have been back in the UK for eight days and so far I have been unable to listen to any soundbite or speech by any politician all the way through. It is a sad state of affairs for a … Continue reading
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As Nasty As They Wanna Be
Well, they managed it. Cameron’s Conservatives – no doubt already wearying of the compassionate bit – have their ‘stealing the milk‘ moment. Since Maggie snatched the white stuff from millions of schoolchildren way back when, condemning them to easily snapped … Continue reading
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Let’s push things forward
So if, as Paul Mason observed last month, it really is kicking off everywhere could the UK be about to follow suit? Anger at the proposed round of cuts appears to be building to an extent where even that famous … Continue reading
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The Simple, Angry Men Of 10 O’Clock Live
Julia hasn’t been watching a lot of UK television lately, so here’s writer Nick Bryan with a guest post on Channel 4′s latest attempt to ‘do’ politics: — Like many in the left-leaning, Twitter-abusing internet world, I’ve been watching Channel … Continue reading
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Indirect action
Updates to ten minutes hate have been few and far between lately, for which I am sorry, although in my defence, the situation is as yet nowhere near as bad as it was this time last year when I was … Continue reading
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The art of surprise
The only surprise is that people seem to be surprised. This is probably the third time in living memory, after all, that the Conservative Party has effectively told the poorer parts of the UK to fuck off and die, preferably … Continue reading
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Building a dream
Diane Abbott called it right. According to Paul Waugh on Twitter: As well they might. But do not be mistaken, although Liberal Democrats with narrow majorities over Labour MPs will be rueing the day they lined up for such a … Continue reading
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