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Blair, j'peux pas le blairer!* Jean-Claude Juncker for Prez.4 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 1 month ago: People’s Choice for European President. So it goes. Blair for this. Blair for that. Blair … more →

Tags: Europe, European Left, Blair

Bob Crow: Election Challenge to Labour.

Andrew Coates wrote 3 months ago: The Times reports (here)  that Bob Crow, the RMT and a variety of groups are seriously discussing st … more →

Tags: European Left, Labour Government, Labour movement, Labour Party, Left, Unions, Bob Crow

Open Left: Bouncers, Bullies, and Britain.

Andrew Coates wrote 4 months ago:    ‘Ere you gonna pay that fine or not? Open Left witters on about ‘choice in public ser … more →

Tags: Left, Marxism, Bouncers to issue fines, open left

MPs' Expenses and Marxist Methodology. 2 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 7 months ago: Gordon Needs Some Top Tendance Tips. Nearly everyone has had a say on the MPs expenses scandal. So n … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Labour Government, corruption, Mp's Expenses

Coatesy the Grass?1 comment

Andrew Coates wrote 7 months ago: Can We Join Too? Following this.  Here is an offer to the UK’s Political Coppers: name your pr … more →

Tags: Left, Coppers' Grass

New Deal for the Unemployed, Major Crisis and A Right Carry On. 3 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 8 months ago: Reaction to the Victorian New Deal. The Independent and the Guardian  both carried a story on Saturd … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Ipswich, Welfare State, Workfare, New Deal

New Deal: YMCA Training, A Major Scandal. 18 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 8 months ago:   Plan of Dencora House, Ipswich.   For Important Updates see here. Forget Gordon Brown’s succ … more →

Tags: capitalism, Ipswich, Welfare State, Workfare, Welfare Reform, YMCA Training

Booze: It's The Poor Wot Won't Get Blootered. 1 comment

Andrew Coates wrote 9 months ago: Save these from the Grubby Poor! The news this morning is dominated by plans to stop poor people get … more →

Tags: Labour Government, Welfare State, Drink Price Rise

Police Data Base on Protestors: Secret Plods Have a Ball.

Andrew Coates wrote 9 months ago:  Inspector Plod’s Bedtime Read. The Guardian today leads on – more than probable -  reve … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Ultra Left, Left, Secret Policemen Have a Ball

Waiting for the Etonians: Review of Nick Cohen's Latest Book. 15 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 9 months ago:   Eton Spats.   REVIEW: WAITING FOR THE ETONIANS. NICK COHEN. Fourth Estate. 2009.   Nick Cohen is d … more →

Tags: European Left, Islamism, Labour Government, Left, Religion, Nick Cohen, Socialism

Workfare: Freud Flies Fast. 2 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 10 months ago:    Gordon’s Favourite Banker Bunks Off. David Freud, the banker behind Welfare Reform – … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Workfare, Freud

Welfare Reform on the Rocks? 1 comment

Andrew Coates wrote 10 months ago: Minister Purnell’s Amateur Dramatic Productions Under Threat? The Observer today reports that, … more →

Tags: Labour Government, Welfare State, Workfare

Hilary Wainwright Goes Localist: Why the Left Is Barely Fighting Workfare. 4 comments

Andrew Coates wrote 1 year ago: From Popular Democracy to Parish Pump Politics.    Today the Sunday Times  leads with the much pre-p … more →

Tags: Left, Welfare State, Workfare, Hilary Wainwright, Nationalism

Gordon Brown's Mentor.1 comment

Andrew Coates wrote 1 year ago: Brown’s Mentor with Unemployed Trainees. Much has been made claiming that the Government … more →

Tags: gordon brown, Welfare State, Workfare, Welfare


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