Thepoliticalidealist

LATEST ARTICLES ( 366 )

• Enough Moaning About British Workers, Thanks

  In terms of people I dislike, there are few who register quite as high on the scale as Jamie Oliver. Not content with being just a TV chef (people who I... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Interplanetary Revolution Or TV Blockbuster?

  I’m experiencing acute deja vu. This time last year, I read of a private space mission which sought to advance our exploration of Mars. Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Which Way Does Compass Point?

  Read the article on the prolific LabourList website here.For a few short years, it seemed that Compass, the peculiar hybrid think tank/pressure group, would be... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• This Isn’t 1992, Mr Cameron

  The Conservative Party is well aware that the next few weeks will be a rare opportunity for them to smash through Labour’s somewhat thinned poll lead... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Union Busting in Mexico? Not Exactly

  

  Mexico has a somewhat tarnished reputation in the eyes of the global public. Americans blame illegal Mexican immigrants for pushing wages down and crime up. Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans Shoot Themselves in the Foot (Again)

  

  The Republican Party is making itself look more stupid than ever. Its childish protests at two broadcasters’ plans to produce dramatisations and a feature-lengt... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• RESPECT Weakened Further

  

  George GallowayThe pitiful remnants of the RESPECT party became just a little weaker this week as all of the party’s councillors in Bradford were forced out of... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Google: You Have No Right to Privacy

  I knew Google has absolutely zero regard for the customers it serves, but until now I was unaware that they were so open about the fact. Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Cruelty of Worcestershire County Council

  Worcestershire County Council has achieved something amazing. Something that has not only stunned us all, but something that has stunned us again with the littl... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Where Next for Australia?

  

  Australia is now enduring full election fever as the nation counts down the days until the ballots are held on 7th September. Both state and federal... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Compass, the Labour Party and Me

  I am standing for election to the Compass Youth Committee. I realise that this sentence has little meaning as far as international and less politically avid... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Devisive And Regressive Subsidy

  I am one of the harshest critics of the UK’s Coalition Government. To claim otherwise would require monumental self-deception. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Texas: We’re Out of Lethal Drugs

  

  There is something darkly comical about the news that Texas has almost run out of the drug it uses to execute prisoners. The deeply conservative southern state... Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mugabe Tightens His Grip

  

  Yesterday, the long-suffering nation of Zimbabwe repeated the charade of pretending to hold a free and fair general election; one that marks the end of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Sports Direct: Shame on You

  

  To Dave Forsey (CEO, Sports Direct),I am writing to you regarding your firm’s unethical employment strategy, which has recently been subject to extensive... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• On The Future of Palestine

  

  I have not written on thetopic of the Israel/Palestine conflict before. Perhaps rightly, I concludedthat the issue is so controversial and complex that my few... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Beating UKIP At Its Own Game

  

  Immigration has been a hot topic in Britain for many years, with public dissatisfaction on the major parties’ policies on the issue being so great as to... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Help To Buy Doesn’t Help

  In his Budget of 3 months ago, George Osborne surprised the country with a plan to make home ownership a realistic possibility. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Help To Buy Will Hurt Us

  In his Budget of 3 months ago, George Osborne surprised the country with a plan to make home ownership a realistic possibility. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Real Motive for Spending Cuts

  A couple of recent quotes from the two most powerful people in the British Government now prove that the austerity project has not been embarked on with the... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY