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We have witnessed in the last decade a sea change in our politics, the far rights influence has crashed waves over the political landscape, the SNP parted the red sea and for a brief time socialism shone like a beacon across the land. In the immortal words of Bob Dylan Times They Are A Changin’.…
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We are told protesting against Donald Trump’s state visit should be the biggest protest this country has ever seen, but why? Is Donald Trump’s visit the most important issue facing the people of this country? The answer is of course no, Trump is not more important than the dismantling of the NHS, the homeless epidemic,
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Magic money tree give us a war some trident missiles plus the bankers want more Oh magic money tree we can’t do without the fruits of our labour give us the benefit of the doubt Magic money tree Its an autumn of austerity A winter of discontent Magic money tree decimated a decade
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I woke up an alien in a foreign land, This place I was born in I no longer understand These sadistic statistics manifesting realistic nightmares Dystopian Dickensian diatribes realised in the 21st century Media barons minimizing minority struggles Proselytizing the news instead of analysing events Festering racist monopolies running rampant A ruinous metropolis foreboding times
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A policy of poverty Reinforcing racist realities Brim filled hateful debates They’re undercutting our rates A misdirecting narrative Controlling the flow of debate Breaking the flood gates Prepare to drown in our hate A policy of poverty Depriving the majority Driving the desperate death Starvation with no salvation Safety net is no safe bet Food
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Owen Jones recently wrote an article telling us that as Corbyn supporters there were some key questions we had to answer. Well, I think there are some questions that Owen Smith supporters must answer, they are as follows: 1. How can the disastrous perception of Tory Lite (New) Labour be turned around? 2. Where is
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What is happening within the Labour party is much bigger than Corbyn, it’s much bigger than the Labour Party. Within Labour we are witnessing a break down of the Thatcherite consensus which has dominated the Labour party since the days of Blair and New Labour, alongside this we are witnessing a backlash against Neoliberal ideology
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Question time is a pantomime for the intelligent Get to boo and jeer at these degenerates Picking and choosing how to digest the fact Feel warm and fuzzy with your ignorant democracy Or should that be our democratic fallacy Because our democracy is a fantasy Allow me to give you a dose of reality You
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Forbes wrote an article in 2012 “Top 10 Qualities That Make a Great Leader,” so lets look at them and see how JC stands up to it. Number 1: Honesty – I think we can all agree that JC is perhaps the most honest politician in parliament, definitely among the top five. Number 2: Delegate
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Momentum, the social movement set up in the wake of the phenomena that was Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign for Labour leader has steadily and consistently retreated from the spirit of the campaign, and its founding ethos to the point it is in a real danger of becoming irrelevant to the wider movement. The writing was on
Solidarity Steve 