Earlier this week, Jeremy Corbyn MP announced he was running for Leader on an anti-austerity platform, he’s been welcomed by many; his campaign twitter feed, facebook page and web site are now all on line. I have a piece on what went wrong and other things waiting to be finished, but I am busy at work, at home and campaigning. I’ll say more when I have time. …
I went across the river to campaign for John Biggs for Mayor in Tower Hamlets. It was an odd experience, people seem well informed but the politics is so narrow. In Deptford, during the general election, the politics was varied and rich, with discussions covering Palestine, cost of living, welfare spending, the Iraq war, the SNP and Trident. In TH, both civil society and the body politic seem broken. Half don’t seem to know how to fix it, and half don’t want to.
Jeremy Corbyn has entered the Labour Party’s Leadership election. He tweets here, has a facebook page and a cool mobile optimised web site here. …
Just seen that Michael Cashman is standing for Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee…he claims to want to be the voice of members; he wasn’t that when on the NEC and acting as Chairman of Conference. Inaccurate counting of hand votes and refusing a secret ballot does not auger well. …
More about Labour should apologise (about spending too much) and move on. What do they want? To have let a bank go under? And how do you stop the contagion at one? The Brown Government saved Britain’s savings and some how its successor is not trusted on the economy. …
Burham has the 35 nominations he needs; it seems that the press see him as the left wing candidate which since in 2010 he was on the right shows how things change but its the weakness of the Left that’s the problem. Are we missing Katy Clarke? We should remember that in 2010, Dianne Abbott, the left’s candidate won more votes than Burnham. It’ll be a disgrace if there’s not a left candidate and it will pull the debate to the right.
More about Labour should apologise (about spending too much) and move on. That worked for Clegg. Not!
The US Patriot Act will now lapse after the Senate refused to extend it. Meanwhile in the UK, the Securocrat’s wet dream continues, with May’s new “Investigatory Powers” Bill empowering data retention, mandating backdoors and criminalising IT security research. Companies (& academics) will leave!
Still struggling through Wapshott’s “Keynes Hayek”. I was asked last weekend, in one sentence what the difference was, which was hard to answer? It maybe that Hayek wasn’t a very good economist, certainly according to Wapshott, A Road to Serfdom is primarily about the politics of government intervention not the economic impact.
I have taken my SIM out of my phone, boy does it help battery life. …