God, Harry and St George.

God, Harry and St George.

by | Jan 23, 2019 | Politics

Photo by Chris Lawton on Unsplash For God, Harry and St George? Nationalism, Authoritarianism and Fascism in England.   When Nigel Farage talks about ‘picking up a rifle’ if Brexit is not delivered, do you cheer along with his audience? When the Queen is on the telly,...
The Old Lie 2

The Old Lie 2

by | Jan 15, 2019 | Politics

On wavers of flags and shrouds. (Photo by Matt Briney on Unsplash) It feels as if this ‘blessed plot, this realm’, this encrusted blood soaked earth, is being shaken from beneath my feet. Those who are doing the undermining, appear to me as wide eyed frothing mouthed...
The sustainability of the NHS

The sustainability of the NHS

by | Nov 29, 2018 | Health, Politics

Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash The neoliberal ideology of health care provision. ‘The problem with the NHS is not one of resources. Rather it is the system remains centrally run, state monopoly designed over half a century ago” (Direct Democracy p74). Amid the junior...
The Old Lie

The Old Lie

by | Nov 10, 2018 | Politics

Tomorrow I will be wearing these medals given to my Grandfather, Thomas Goodman. They only came to light a few years ago. I wear them for his memory, but not to support the Imperial folly that was the 1914-18 murder. The memory invoked by the black and white imagery...
Insecure ‘Overachievers’

Insecure ‘Overachievers’

by | Oct 27, 2018 | Health, Social Science

Insecure ‘Overachievers’ (Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash) This is Capitalism podcast. 4th October 2018. BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06my356 “Highlighting the epidemic of exceptionally capable professionals driven by a profound belief in their own inadequacy....
Why “I am literally a communist you idiot”

Why “I am literally a communist you idiot”

by | Sep 8, 2018 | Politics

  Why “I am literally a communist, you idiot.”* What is a communist? The Danger of Fascism. Technology. ‘Unpalatable Truths’ Private Property and Bourgeois Property. There must be an alternative…. To be a communist… Appendix 1 Class. Appendix 2 Marx and Philosophy –...
‘Europe is dying’ is a fascist trope

‘Europe is dying’ is a fascist trope

by | Aug 31, 2018 | Politics

Douglas Murray in ‘The Suicide of Europe’ argues that European civilisation based on Greek philosophy, the Judeo-Christian tradition and of the Enlightenment is ‘staring into the abyss’ and is doing so because of its own actions, why?   Mass Migration from Africa and...
The warping of the moral order

The warping of the moral order

by | Jun 20, 2018 | Politics

Photo by Ye Jinghan on Unsplash We might expect dictatorships and countries with poor human rights records to flout human rights conventions, but we hold ourselves in the UK and the United States to higher standards due to claims about moral superiority and as...