Bishop Tells Protesters – Church No Place For Moral Crusades
by Tom Pride – an irreverent look at UK politics The bishop of London has told anti-capitalist activists camping outside St Paul’s Cathedral that although he understands their motives they also had to...
View ArticleHelp Fight Back Against Murdoch’s Benefit ‘Scroungers’ Hotline
by Tom Pride It’s time to fight back. While the richest 1% of society are getting richer and richer, Britain’s most vulnerable citizens, the disabled, the young and the elderly are accused of being...
View ArticleBarclays and banker greed.
These accounts of our banking system were left on a Guardian comments thread in response to the revelations about Barclays, and other banks, ‘fixing’ the Libor interest rates for their own profit...
View ArticleLest we forget – in 2007 Cameron endorsed even less regulation of banks than...
As the widening banking scandal in Barclays is breaking, it’s worth remembering that in 2007, Cameron endorsed LESS regulation of banks and specifically mortgage and pension provisions by financial...
View ArticleQuantitative Easing and Greedy Bankers as explained by the bears.
More Quantitative Easing is expected this week. It is likely that the Bank of England will click on their computer mouse to issue another £50 billion, to add to the £325 billion that has already been...
View ArticleThe Truth About Dishonesty
RSA Animate – The Truth About Dishonesty Published on Sep 14, 2012 Are you more honest than a banker? Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception have on...
View ArticleWhat does the government’s austerity plan mean for you?
Filed under: Employment, Health, Local government, Unions and Political Activism, Welfare reform Tagged: bankers, Domestic violence, Job losses, Maternity grants, single parents, TUC, Women's conference
View ArticleDoes paying big bonuses result in higher performance?
Does paying big bonuses result in higher performance? First posted on March 23, 2013 by alittleecon The issue of bonuses is quite a divisive issue (divisive in the sense that most people think they...
View ArticleBankers + Tax Havens = Lower wages, benefits and pensions
This video clip of the ‘looting of America’ exposes the same type of looting that is occurring in the UK. In fact, it is generally accepted that the City of London is an even more criminogenic...
View ArticleOn the Road to Recovery..
On The Road To Recovery by Trevor Bacon I nearly stood there holding the paper up high to proclaim my utter contempt at the headline. My habit when entering a supermarket is to first, after getting...
View ArticleIs Time up for “The Big Lie”?
Is Time up for ‘The Big Lie’? Jim Grundy The ‘Big Lie’ theory is best summed up by the well-known phrase that if you’re going to tell a lie, tell a big one, repeat it often enough and you’ll be...
View ArticleLabour Leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn, Speaking at Tolpuddle
Jeremy Corbyn Speaks at Tolpuddle, 19th July 2015 The significance of six men from Tolpuddle in Dorset and their families made to the lives of working people, leading to trade unions, and to democracy...
View ArticleUK Is Home To 73% Of Europe’s Millionaire Bankers, alongside Dickensian Poverty
The Bankers in London are accruing colossal riches not known in living memory, indeed, not seen since Victorian Times, when Charles Dickens was writing about extreme poverty among working classes....
View ArticleChildren suffer from Banker’s Greed
While the bankers are making massive wealth in the UK, not seen since Victorian times, the Dickensian levels of poverty reflect those times too. These are both outcomes of an unbridled capitalist...
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