Martin Thomas (of the AWL) together with Peter Thomas has produced a pamphlet/book on the Life and thoughts of Gramsci. I might read it some time, but not today. Their landing page which hosts the .pdf is called Gramsci in Context. I also found this, from Socialist Appeal which argues that many Communists and Social…
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A module for NWN2, “The shaper of dreams”, a game in six chapters, seeming written in German and translated, or at least the first three chapters have been. Here are my notes. …
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I came across this a long time ago, while studying for my a-levels, so thank you Mr Sidemouth, but I have not heard much about him since. While considering the Tories attempts to reduce the penurious universal credit payments, and my own experiences as I move into retirement I am reminded of the ratchet. Here…
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Mmmh. Ancient Woodlands. Are there any in Lewisham? It would seem the answer is yes, possibly several sites. Do you think we could introduce some Bears? Here are my notes …
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Is this a redefinition of ‘responsible opposition’? Starmer’s new year message, Here are my notes …
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Again! Can’t remember when I last used, but I need to again and thus have to revise what it. Here are my notes …
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I need to sell my stamp collection, here are my notes.
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It is well understood that the post brexit trade deal excludes services including financial services, what does this mean? Here are my notes, which I converted into a piece on linkedin …
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The GMB’s annual congress, except when pandemics occur is defined by rule., Rule 8. It consists of one delegate per 1500 members and the delegates are appointed by the regions, 90% elected by the membership within Regions and 10% appointed by the Regional Committees, which are themselves indirectly elected bodies. This means that at the…
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Do we have enough or do we have too many politicians? This is a quantity not quality issue. Here are my notes …
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I decided to ‘mirror’ the nomination statements for the Div III NEC elections in 2020. There is nothing overleaf.
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Open Labour won one seat in Labour’s NEC CLPs division elections in 2020. They clearly have an attraction to many members and MPs but their record of actions makes me question how left they are. Here are my notes.
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Another issue, will EU citizens lose the vote in local elections at 11:00 31st Dec 2020. The answer is it depends. Here are my notes.
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I am too interested in too much. Here are my notes.
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Prime Minsters come but always go. It’s meant to be one of the advantages of a parliamentary system but how many have we lost because they lost the confidence of the house. Here are my notes. …
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