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Good Lord!

Today the i newspaper reports that the Prime Minister will show his commitment to democracy by stuffing the House of Lords with his cronies.

Labour's best response would probably be to abolish the House of Lords. Perhaps they should apply the guillotine although preventing the Peers from parading in fancy dress would be an adequate punishment.

I would be tempted to include the oxymoron "Labour Peers" in the cull. They spend every hour of every day attacking Labour and their natural home is the Tory Party.

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Kashmir Repression

China is the world’s biggest dictatorship; India, the biggest democracy. I wonder if it feels like that to people in Kashmir? 

 

Wikipedia says:

“Human rights abuses in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir state are an ongoing issue. The abuses range from mass killings, enforced disappearances, torture, rape and sexual abuse to political repression and suppression of freedom of speech. The Indian Army, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Personnel (BSF) and various separatist militant groups have been accused and held accountable for committing severe human rights abuses against Kashmiri civilians.”

Chapter and verse are to be found here

 The response of the CWI (Committee for a Workers International -  Socialist organisation) can be found here 

Kashmir crisis: Attack on democratic rights must be opposed

NSSN TUC Congress Rally

Brighton: NSSN TUC Congress rally

Fight together to defeat the Tories!

• The annual lobby of the TUC by the National Shop Stewards Network

Sunday 8th September 2019, 13-00

Holiday Inn, Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2JF

 

 

 

Strike Against Privatisation

The link is here

Privatisation is an unmitigated disaster for jobs, and services. Can we mention the immorality of making money out of people’s suffering?

Bradford health workers are standing up for their rights. 

People don’t often say this, but it’s an issue where Jeremy Corbyn is right! 

God Save the Queen?

Perhaps the solution to fans booing the anthem would be a better National Anthem. "God Save our Gracious Queen" does not appeal to people who disbelieve in God or the Queen or both.

"You'll Never Walk Alone" has a lot to be said for it. It's hopeful and positive and does not involve grovelling to a monarch.

Of course there's The Red Flag but perhaps that's the music of the future.

Letter to the i newspaper

 The pitiful increase in NHS spending will 
not compensate for the hostile environment the Tories created for the NHS.

It is a bit like someone stealing a twenty then expecting credit for 
giving me a fiver.

All the best

Derek McMillan

Labour and Anti-Semitism

The gutter press and the BBC compete to see how often they can put "Labour" and "Anti-Semitism" in the same sentence.

They don't need facts or figures. So far they have produced neither. They just repeat their version of events ad nauseam.

It is not journalism. It is time some journalists sought to get to the truth behind the smears and innuendo.

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Monsters

According to the media, Harold Wilson was a left-wing monster. They branded Neil Kinnock as a left-wing monster. They even called the inoffensive Ed Miliband a monster. Now they have the same attitude to Jeremy Corbyn.

Can't you giants of journalism come up with a new idea between you? 

 

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