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Michael Meacher – another of the old school leaves us

Joe — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:14:12 +0000

I was sad today to hear of the death of Michael Meacher, left wing Labour MP for Oldham West and Royton. He was one of the last of the ‘old school’ Labour politicians who showed true Socialist conviction, having been first elected in 1970 and serving under Harold Wilson, Jim Callaghan and Tony Blair, and […]

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In the long run….

Joe — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:00:15 +0000

…we’re all dead, so goes the old joke. I’ve found myself thinking of ‘the long run’ increasingly often over the last year, and I’m not sure why. I think partially it’s due to having children around on a reasonably regular basis for the first time; I’ve found myself thinking more of the world that they […]

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After the Goldrush

Joe — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:58:59 +0000

There’s a song by Neil Young called ‘After the Goldrush’, which he wrote in the 1970s. There’s a couple of lines in there which for the last 20 years have sounded increasingly like a warning: “We got Mother Nature on the run, in the 1970s Look at Mother Nature on the run, in the 1970s” […]

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A Modest Proposal to focus Climate Negotiator’s Minds.

Joe — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:13:50 +0000

In the last few minutes of the final episode of the TV series ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’, Blackadder and his Company are poised to go ‘over the top’ from their trench to charge the German lines. In the background, artillery guns are shelling the enemy trenches; it looks like the end for our boys. Suddenly, the […]

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