Margaret Thatcher was the most divisive and destructive Prime Minister of modern times. Mass Unemployment, factory closures, communities destroyed – this is her legacy. She was a fighter and her enemy was the British working class. Her victories were aided by the politically corrupt leaders of the Labour Party and of many Trades Unions. It […]
Tag Archives: British
Let’s privatize her funeral’: Film Director Ken Loach on plans for Thatcher’s send-off
9th April 2013 – 11:53
The Rules Aren’t Broken, They’re FIXED: Time to Rewrite Them
18th March 2013 – 12:05
This is a guest post by UK blogger and leftist activist Scriptonite Daily A new ad campaign hit the streets of London two days ago, drawing attention to a surprisingly unrecognized state of affairs: the City of London is the tax haven in our own backyard. While the British government is busy protecting banker’s bonuses, […]
John Cleese’s Eulogy for Graham Chapman: ‘Good Riddance, the Free-Loading Bastard, I Hope He Fries’
25th February 2013 – 16:17
The British comedian Graham Chapman delighted in offending people. As a writer and actor with the legendary Monty Python troupe, he often pushed against the boundaries of propriety and good taste. When his writing partner John Cleese proposed doing a sketch on a disgruntled man returning a defective toaster to a shop, Chapman thought: Broken […]
THE WASPS: J-J-J-Jenny
25th January 2013 – 14:31
1976 to 1979 British Punk Rock Music: “J-J-J-Jenny” – rare footage filmed at Island Records, London, 1978. Late posting of this 3rd and final vid from The Wasps’ Island session (see ‘Angelica’ and ‘Something to Tell You’) has been due to some deterioration in one section of the footage, which has been resolved by using […]
Punk rock, now more than ever: The gospel according to Henry Rollins and various old punks
23rd January 2013 – 18:05
I’m no Henry Rollins fan but when he’s good he can be very good, as he is in this short piece on punk rock, Is Punk Back From The Dead?, that was broadcast on British TV recently. The clip also includes some thoughts on punk from John Holmstrom, Tony James (Generation X), Mark Perry (Sniffin’ […]
No Trousers on the Tube Day 2013
16th January 2013 – 14:19
Snow predicted this weekend, so get timing for the fourth, annual No Trousers on the Tube Ride which will take place on Sunday 13th January 2013. As part of the Global No Pants Subway Ride, last year over 150 brave travellers made their way around the London Underground sans trousers. This year over 450 people […]
Happy Mondays, 808 State
1st November 2012 – 12:01
Happy Mondays and 808 State play together at VICTORIA WAREHOUSE (WHP) www.victoriawarehouse.com get your tickes at www.ticketline.co.uk
Paper: UK government getting US spy agency’s data
News Source: http://m.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/science_and_technology/article_4e6c8757-1ca6-5622-a4f1-64105df8c243.html The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday, a demonstration of the international scope of America’s top-secret espionage program. The Guardian said it had seen documents showing how the British signals […]