What US Airport Security and the Tory Party and Police Have in Common

I have just been watching some videos of “pat downs” on children passing through airports in America – being intimately searched in case they are carrying weapons or bombs. They might be Junior al Qaeda, you never know. The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) suspects anyone and everyone.
So, just in case, the kids get to [...]

How Michael Meacher has given me hope – in the Tories

I don’t visit Michael Meacher’s blog very often (yes, he does have one). Just as I was feeling depressed about the ConDems, I read his words about the grand talk of a reformist coalition becoming a throwback to the Thatcher era, in reactionary instincts if not in the same form.
Please don’t misunderstand, I detested much [...]

My election report in full

How bad must the “Conservative” Party be not to have wiped out Labour?
If the Tories learn anything from this failure then it must be that people who want liberal socialism will vote Labour or Liberal, so there is absolutely no point in the Tories offering the same thing. That’s all.