According to the circus that opposes the Leader of the Opposition, it's all about power.
Jeremy Corbyn, they say, would not be able to command a sufficient parliamentary majority to form a government, and so he should be replaced.
Jeremy Corbyn, they say, would not be able to command a sufficient parliamentary majority to form a government, and so he should be replaced.
Usually I am pretty sickened by marketing campaigns, since it appears to my cynical eyes that marketing is a technique used to make people believe that their lives will be improved by spending money on things they don't really need.
Since the Chancellor's messages to the financial community are often coded, I thought it might be interesting to try and interpret the hidden messages behind the words of last night's Mansion House speech by the newly-re-elected Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gorge Gideon Oliver Osborne.
[Editorial note: I am not currently in America]
There's been a huge brouhaha within the Labour Party after its recent election defeat.
There's been a huge brouhaha within the Labour Party after its recent election defeat.
I have no right as a British national to come across as holier than thou in this matter. Britain has been screwing over other nations since before the United States of America was a gleam in the Founding Fathers' eyes.
It's a strange time to be living in America. It is said that those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat its mistakes.
Just suppose that one day one of those nearest and dearest to you—it could be a son, a father, a daughter, a cousin, a wife, a lover—was wiped out in a senseless terrorist incident. Just gone. No chance to say goodbye, to exchange a last loving farewell. Just gone, never to be seen again.
There has been much talk lately about the vacation of the various sites occupied by protestors. Those critical of the protest movement have interpreted this as evidence of lack of determination.
I am sure that nobody thinks that the Justices of the Supreme Court are in any way corruptible. It seems to me, though, that the results of their recent work are such that they may just as well have sold out to the corporate world and profited from it as handsomely as they can.
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Following up on my last, rather acerbic, post about British Midland, it appears that if their unsubscribe link works it must do so at a glacial pace, because just now their June newsletter dropped into my inbox after I unsubscribed from all mailings (or so I thought) five days ago.
Dear Lazyweb:
I don't ever want to get a single further email from British Midland unless I have unfortunately somehow found it necessary to use their services as an airline. This is a tale of how to screw up a customer relationship.
I don't ever want to get a single further email from British Midland unless I have unfortunately somehow found it necessary to use their services as an airline. This is a tale of how to screw up a customer relationship.
So now we have a proposed executive order to ensure that federal contracting companies have to declare their political contributions.
In 2009, the richest 5 percent [in the United States] claimed 63.5 percent of the nation’s wealth. The overwhelming majority, the bottom 80 percent, collectively held just 12.8 percent.
As the investigation into the failure modes of the Japanese nuclear reactors goes forward, uncomfortable information has emerged about the way regulatory requirements were circumvented.
I am seriously concerned that the erosion of civil liberties that the George W. Bush era typified continues under the president that promised "change we can live with". Or whatever promise he made.
So ever since 9/11 the politicians have been eroding American freedoms (can you say "PATRIOT Act"?) and generally behaving as though American citizens had no rights.
The current revolt in Egypt seems unlikely to be calmed or suppressed given that Egypt's troops have by and large refused to engage those involved in the popular uprising.
So the repressive and undemocratic rule of Hosni Mubarak is under threat from those whose lives it has made unbearable. But you can't find out about it via the Internet.
I have just watched someone I (scarily) believe to be a voter on television say "Barack Obama is the worst President in the history of the United States".
Lawrence O'Donnell is interviewing Michael Steele, chairman of the GOP, on TV and just asked him, in view of his opposition to the minimum wage, what the minimum wage actually was.
Funny how you can suffer (mildly) from something all your life and then only realize it in a moment of self-awareness. Probably everybody who ever read anything I wrote will laugh when I confess I believe I may be slightly dyslexic.
