There are 90 or so MPs in the Actually-Principled-Opposition. The Greens overperformed, Laughing Boy, Edddie the-Lib-Dem-Davey has more MPs than Rum Tum Tugger has cats and Farrage hugely underperformed against the Exit Poll. I know - plenty of caveats, but the Greens have as many MPs. Leave the rats fighting in their respective sacks? No, … Continue reading Dear BBC
Tag: social order
Rebel, Rebel… but how?
Richard Murphy calls for rebellion: ... we need to rebel against the system of financial capitalism that is constraining the well-being of well over 90 per cent of the people in the world. (https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/05/30/we-are-now-being-exploited/) And, I agree, Richard. But how? I have long thought a rent/mortgage-strike would rattle the powers that be. But easy for me … Continue reading Rebel, Rebel… but how?
We are all buried in Gaza
A reply to should an agency cleaner in the basement by Steve Pottinger https://youtu.be/MrWfdTqSRVc?si=43LveP2Q2iJs9gn3 The poem asserts, in its call for peace, that if a "Prime Minister" or a "Diplomat", or a "presidents mistress" [sic] were buried in Gaza rubble there would be serious work done to make a ceasefire work. The thing is, there … Continue reading We are all buried in Gaza
Privatisation
Privatisation, the political economic theme of the '80s and '90s, is often discussed in industrial terms. Coal, steel, automobiles, communications, water, and so on. But, I don't hear the term applied to housing. There was a "sell-off" of public housing, but it wasn't spoken of in terms like the sale of our national housing industry. … Continue reading Privatisation
Discipline
I am going to be leading a workshop on "Investigating teaching in your discipline" next Wednesday. The outline is attached to this page (below). Discipline is an interesting word, which we often use without reflecting on the complex valency of meanings that it bears. I have been reading Foucault's Discipline and Punish in preparation for … Continue reading Discipline
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