1. Why I Have Joined the Greens
2. What is the "Stakeholder State"?
3. Farewell Labour
4. Trump's Venezuelan Oil Piracy
5. Playing the Supplicant
In at one is the move from Your Party to the Greens. I'm sure my adventures in the party will get the occasional blogging treatment. This was followed by an examination and take down of the stakeholder state, which is self-serving managerialist twaddle used by suited politicians and spads to make sense of their rarefied existences. Served up by the disgraced Paul Ovenden, because no matter what you do as long as you remain a faithful servant of the political establishment you will always be awarded with media opportunities, new jobs, etc. In at three was the disgraceful barring of Andy Burnham from the Gorton and Denton by-election. A short-sighted decision that's going to cost Labour dearly. At four was the US raid on Caracas and the kidnapping of Nicolas Maduro. And where was "Mr Rules" Keir Starmer? Nowhere. Which was followed up by an explanation, at fiev, of why the British state and its ruling class happily prostrate themselves before the US.
What's getting the second chance treatment? How about two posts. Seeing as he's in the news over serious corruption allegation made by the FT, here's a piece about Peter Mandelson. And following that is Starmer's "toughness" vs Trump's Greenland theatrics.
I am quite enjoying not blogging as much. Getting books read. Watching things. Going out. This thing called life is alright, you know. As ever, if you haven't already don't forget to follow the (very) occasional newsletter, and if you like what I do (and you're not skint), you can bung a few quid and help support the blog. Following me on Bluesky and Facebook are cost-free ways of showing your backing for this corner of the internet.
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