Month: August 2016

So much has been made of Jeremy Corbyn’s honesty and freshness, that it is high time for us to probe it. After ten months of “straight talking, honest politics”, this weekend’s long and detailed Observer interview turned out to be rather insightful. 1.             “People should have the right to take… Continue reading Corbyn’s “straight talking, honest politics” mask finally slipped in the Observer interview

Just to note, after many earlier posts on the subject, that trouble is brewing again in the Ukraine. I have long predicted that Vladimir Putin would most likely want to finish the job of invading the country while Obama was still in office, knowing that the likely consequences would be zero, whereas under either the next… Continue reading Free Ukraine. Last chance to see?

I wrote this for Labour Uncut on Wednesday night, about the leadership election. It’s, well, from the heart. Dear Labour member, You probably think this is like so many emails you get from the party nowadays. But it is not. This is a letter to you from someone who loves the party and sees it in… Continue reading A brutally honest letter to Labour members