Comment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by Joe
If I recall correctly, Martin McGuinness wanted an official crisis a couple of months back but Peter Robinson wouldn’t agree to having one. Now Peter wants one, I wonder will Martin agree to it? And...
View ArticleComment on SF and others on the left… by Gewerkschaftler
+1 and I would add A genuine corporation tax (not 5.1% or 2.2% effective) We could of course default (or postpone payment and interest) on the portion of the sovereign debt that represents the transfer...
View ArticleComment on SF and others on the left… by makedoanmend
? I explicity state that I don’t think an alliance is useful. Or necessary. I don’t think SF by itself has the electorial following to pursue a departure into a new agenda. (In fact, I think we need a...
View ArticleComment on SF and others on the left… by CMK
SF are no more a Left reformist party than the DUP are. They’re a centrist, don’t rock the boat at any cost, party who have appropriated, in the most cynical way imaginable, the anti-austerity rhetoric...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by CL
Interesting piece in the Examiner about the Crimean War and its aftermath. “Thirty-thousand Irish men lost their lives in the Crimean War (1853-1856) between Britain and Russia…. in the parishes of...
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View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by Jim Monaghan
I should have added them, perhaps as etc.
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View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by Michael Carley
It is nice to see the independence debate being, in part, about visions of how Scotland could be, and nobody has said that (the) Labour (movement) can wait. The genuine left is actively engaging in an...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by WorldbyStorm
Excellent point by Palmer here from the link Jim gave here:\ “In the hullabaloo created by English Tory and Scottish unionist politicians, one critical question has been overlooked. Without Scotland...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by WorldbyStorm
In fairness to Salmond he does actually make precisely that point about English in Scotland.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say – 26th February 2014 by Michael Carley
(a) Because London signed the treaties with the EU, or, (b) It was never really a United Kingdom, but the dominion of the English ruling class over the rest.
View ArticleComment on Ukraine and the shape of politics to come by Gewerkschaftler
I’m not so sure EWI. Neo-liberal market power is allergic to counter-powers, especially potentially democratic ones, which limit it’s hegemony. Sometimes these counter-powers can be nations. But more...
View ArticleComment on Ukraine and the shape of politics to come by Gewerkschaftler
Very interesting reply @hardcorefornerds. During one phase, my younger self could have been described as a social-democratic green, because I then saw the destruction of the ecological basis for human...
View ArticleComment on The female voice… by Spinning For Difficulty
“….She talks about ….. how a raft of gendered assumptions entered into the picture (low voices – manly, courage, high pitched voices – unmanly, cowardice, etc)….” Historically women (most notably...
View ArticleComment on Ukraine and the shape of politics to come by Paul Wilson.
http://peoplesworld.org/ukrainian-communists-defend-constitution-vs-ultra-right-privatizers/ WBS Interesting link that was posted on WP facebook page.
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View ArticleComment on Ukraine and the shape of politics to come by WorldbyStorm
Sorry a chairde, there’s something about the nesting rules in wordpress for comments which has gone awry. Myself and ivorthorne are having similar problem on another thread. I’ll go searching a solution.
View ArticleComment on Ukraine and the shape of politics to come by WorldbyStorm
BTW, that’s an excellent point Liberius about food production. I’m with you on that.
View ArticleComment on Ukraine and the shape of politics to come by Liberius
WbS, I sent an email to you last night containing the piece on Swedish opinion polls that I’ve been writing. I just wanted to check you’ve received it as I’ve found in recent times that my use of the...
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