The waters are rising…….

Something strange is happening here. I lived in Britain for about 20 years and never heard much about flooding. There were occasional floods of low-lying areas, but mostly…
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Payback

Many people in Britain have been wondering for the last few years exactly what we get out of the “special relationship” with…

Which group are you in?

I am belatedly getting around to writing about an excellent post over on Colonise This! It really got me thinking, not so…

Clueless

It’s become clear since I moved back to London that most white British people have absolutely no idea what racism is. They…

Fear-based foreign policy

I’m not a very quick thinker. That’s why I don’t post every day, several times a day, responding to the latest news as it’s breaking. I prefer to…
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Taking Liberties

First of all, here are possibly the most chilling words to come from the mouth of a British Prime Minister since… well,…

Enough! Enough!

Thanks to Contemporary Anarchist for drawing my attention to this protest against the occupation of Palestine being organised by a coalition called…

How we used to be

You may remember the vague speculation in my earlier Cutty Sark post about community being traditionally much more important to human beings…