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 Diary in date order Jan 2002 to date
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Renewing participatory democracy

My Little Red Book

A New Socialist Settlement

Bevan
Re-visited 

Multiple Differential Uncertainty

Who am I? Biography  

 

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Week 19  Monday
3 May 2004

Note from Editor:  April's hit-count was clearly affected by the Easter Weekend, particularly for those of you who browse at work - the monthly figures are steady, rather than buoyant -

December  1116 
January     1267
February   1223
March       1115
April          1109

  • That is certainly
    a consistent record!

Our Cobber again!

I've heard again from Australian sage Mike Davis, with his choice views on Britain and Europe.  Let me repeat: this picture is NOT one of Mike Davis, merely an Internet image which conveys his straight-talkin' no-nonsense style - but whatever he's talking about (and whatever he looks like...) you must admit that Mike has a very distinctive style. 

There will be
No Referendum

"Let the people have the final say".  And as the so-called "Referendum issue" continues to reverberate, let me restate my position.

"Let the people have the final say".  That's what the man said, in the Commons last week.  And that's all the man said.  He did not promise a "referendum".   He is keeping open the possibility of calling a General Election, on Britain's place in Europe. And for good measure, he used precisely the same words in his letter to loyal Labour Party members like myself - which I give you in full, word for word.

I am, of course, biased.  I said the same thing, right here on this website, in January 2002.   I still expect a combined "Referendum Election" in Spring 2005.  Tony Blair will lead the Party in that Election, win it, and then seek the first Presidency of Europe, handing over the UK to Gordon Brown.

Threat to Medical Care

Appeal from Jill & Ian Harris

They ask for your support, both moral and financial, for their campaign to stop the GMC in its tracks, to prevent the medical profession assisting heroin addicts stranded by our evil laws, left without treatment and without hope - they are preparing for the Stapleford Disciplinary proceedings, brought against these brave Doctors by "the Authorities" of their own profession.  Please contact Jill & Ian Harris Tel: 020-8595-4375
Email: jillandian@btconnect.com

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Council Election Special

The countdown for the 10 June Council elections has started.  I have been adopted as the prospective Labour candidate for Swansea's Oystermouth Ward, in Mumbles - if you are a fellow political activist, follow my -

The Fabians are a great, enlightened Left-Wing political community some 7,000-strong - and we have many skills among our number.

PS  If, without joining, you would like to be added to the monthly Fabian Update e-mail list, just e-mail Fabian Research

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Special Footnote

I love the online newspapers, which are my access to the world - share them with me - click through to their here -  I have added the English-language China Daily ... and I now offer you the leading English-language Indian paper The Hindu. 

They are all just a click away.

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I enjoy dipping into informed US West Coast chat, always up to the minute, which can be found at www.metafilter.com.

Never miss Steve Bell!  His cartoons, from The Guardian - his wit and perception illuminate the absurdities of the political scene...

Having discovered this remarkable NASA website, linked with the Hubble Telescope and the NASA Mars exploration vehicles, with its current photographs from outer space, I am reluctant to let it go

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Managed Migration
future mode

Tony Blair is right to take a strong line on migration management.  International migration raises fundamental new political questions about the proper organisation and interaction of societies, globally.  And the subject is moving towards the centre of the political stage.

But he is wrong to suggest that, as present international conventions stand, this is a soluble problem.  It is not.  The need is for quite different institutions, laws that are quite different in character. 

PS Is it significant that Governmental spin has now given the Home Office a livery of imperial purple..?

May Day in Berlin

I am spending May Day this year in Berlin, "East Berlin".  Socialist and trade-unionists assemble in Berlin to mark May Day - although all the fairs and carnivals are in the former East Berlin.  This year there is the added excitement of EU expansion.  The accession of ten new States, all to the East of Berlin, will greatly enhance the geopolitical importance of the City.  And it will herald subtle changes in the balance of power within Europe.

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Touch of Class

Is the power of social class weakening, in English society?
The commercial evidence suggests that it is. The current travails of both Marks & Spencer and Sainsburys – I say - have a common explanation.   

The Politics of How

Labour Reform is an earnest middle-o-th-road reform group within the Labour Party, as its name suggests. and at their Conference at LSE last Saturday, I reached a startling conclusion. 

  • The centre of gravity of my political concern has shifted from the politics of what, to the politics of how.

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No Man's Land
for Swansea Iraqis

Some of our "Swansea" dispersed asylum-seekers are Iraqis, terrified of enforced "repatriation" to a country at war.  They will warmly welcome the Government's decision to suspend the Iraqi Repatriation Programme.  But that is not enough. They must be given the right to find a job, and get on with their lives.

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Left Activists' Corner

I have three moderately-left political projects to engage your interest, as 2004 advances to mid-point - nothing too revolutionary, you understand - and for your delight I retain the Royal Mail stamps for February, which are light-hearted and good fun...

(a) Company Reform Coalition  my group of fellow schemers met in London on 20 April, and we are planning new initiatives for November, seeking to make common cause with others who understand the global issues..;

(b) Questors - the birth of a new profession, group planning expansion - we are seeking allies, co-promoters, progress steady but slow - next stage anticipated c 28 April;

(c) Labour Links, seeking to unlock the resources of the Labour Party - the idea of re-structuring the Party, to give the rank-and-file its own role, is going down badly with the professionals, understandably - they want to keep their fingers on all the strings..

  • Let me know what you think    

Recent topics

Extending the Welfare State >>>

Territorial v Membership States >>>

Prison last!  That's my policy >>>

Adjustment Pay - for every worker >>>

Multiculturalism, Crick and me >>>

Citizenship rituals wrongful coercion >>>

Protect Whistleblowers' pensions >>>

St Paul's Epistle and the LibDems >>>

Iraq must have Elections NOW >>>

 

And read my Big Theory itself, at Multiple Differential Uncertainty...

Or try my snappier and more practical analysis of the Corporations and the Left Coming to Terms

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