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Meet the new boss 68

Posted on December 07, 2013 by

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Another mystery solved 105

Posted on November 24, 2013 by

drnaw

(Story.)

The elusive pimpernel 73

Posted on November 17, 2013 by

anastoon

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Canis canem edit 45

Posted on November 10, 2013 by

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The death of the social contract 78

Posted on November 09, 2013 by

The raison d’être of a government is to act in the interests of their populace, yet there’s a widespread perception that they instead now exist solely to serve the political and corporate elite, sometimes with not even lip service paid to the wishes of the public.

It’s a perception backed up by hard fact in the form of opinion polls, which demonstrate that the clearly-expressed desires of the electorate are regularly ignored by all parties in favour of blind ideology, cuts to services the public value, and tax breaks for those who don’t need them.

hamishgrangemouth

Whoever’s in power, the assets of the nation are sold off against the will of the people, in the name of a private-sector market ideology, for the short-term profit of wealthy City speculators, and for the benefit of other countries who ironically often end up running British industries as (foreign) state-owned public enterprises.

This happens because the votes of most of the electorate don’t count for anything.

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Balanced movie night 78

Posted on November 02, 2013 by

blairheart

(Story.)

High stakes 47

Posted on October 19, 2013 by

wreckingball

And now over to the state broadcaster 67

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

1280

What we do 136

Posted on September 17, 2013 by

liedetectorsmall

Swimming against the tide 118

Posted on August 21, 2013 by

As we were forced to consider Labour’s “One Nation” policy again today, we couldn’t help thinking back to something that happened in London just a week ago.

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Consumed with what’s to transpire 37

Posted on August 10, 2013 by

Meet the least believed man in Scotland.

blairfiresmall

The Red Scare 43

Posted on August 03, 2013 by

commiejocksmall

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