Thepoliticalidealist

LATEST ARTICLES ( 366 )

• Radical Plans For Wales

  Wales has an ill-deserved bad reputation. Yes, it did give us Neil Kinnock, but the country of over 3 million has contributed a wealth of talent to the UK. The... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Americans Lose Out Again Over Deepwater Horizon

  

  BP = Brown Pelican (Photo credit: kbaird)BP- or “British Petroleum” (the US government insisted on referring to the multinational by its defunct predecessor’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Conservatives Stuck In 80′s Anti-Union Mindset

  As featured on ThePoliticalWriter.co.ukWith the Conservative Party deprived of a majority in the House of Commons, there are a few policies of theirs which... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• How Will the EU Budget Impact Upon the UK?

  

  With the recent EU budget being agreed across all EU member states, how will this affect the UK and EU relations as a whole?“I didn’t quite get a thank you! Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• American Football and Corporate Prisons

  Reblogged from Dear Kitty. Some blog: The Bahraini royal dictatorship are not the only dodgy people greenwashing ... err ... "footballwashing" their tainted... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The False Logic of Workfare

  

  Job seekers. Bishnupur, West Bengal (Photo credit: flippy whale) The welfare state, in its modern form, has drifted away from the principles upon which Britain... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• On The Robin Hood Tax

  

  Robin Hood Tax tug of war at the Barclays AGM (Photo credit: Robin Hood Tax)Since the idea was first widely mooted in 2008, most of us have dismissed the... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Dear Mr Cameron, You’re Right but Do You Really Mean It?

  

  Reblogged from Words by Nicole Froio.: Behind every successful institution, there are more men in senior positions than women. Pointing that out is redundant o... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Spare a Thought For The Mansion Owners (!)

  

  I am aware that my fiery, socialist (or progressive, as my American friends would say) rhetoric sometimes makes me sound as if I have limited sympathy for the... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Don’t Exclude The Poor From Culture and Innovation

  

  The UK awoke this week to the prospect of a return to the “bad old days” of government-sanctioned charges for entry into museums and galleries- a practice... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• If You See Gid(eon), Tell Him…

  

  It emerged recently that the Chancellor has ordered officials to draw up plans for privatisation of the publicly-owned 83% share of the Royal Bank of Scotland b... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Welcome Plans For A Fairer Tax System

  Yesterday, Ed Miliband gave the One Nation Labour project a greater level of clarity in a landmark speech revealing some of it’s policies in relation to the... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Cruelty of the Bedroom Tax

  

  Reblogged from Futile Democracy: It is my understanding, that civilised society should be judged on how it looks after its most vulnerable, rather than... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Letter To Eastleigh CLP

  Friends and Comrades,I am writing to you as a fellow Labour Party member, though one who is just an observer of the byelection caused by Lib Dem MP Chris Huhne’... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who Should Control The Value Of Money?

  A few decades ago, there was a drive by governments across the world to deregulate everything to do with finance. We’ve all seen the consequences that this has... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Thoughts On The Scottish Referendum

  As you will have noticed by now, there is little, at least in the political world, that I don’t have a firm opinion on. “Stand in the middle of the road and... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Open Your Eyes

  Reblogged from sarahnjohns: I feel very hypocritical writing this. I have never experienced poverty and right now, I am sitting in a coffee shop drinking my... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• End The War On Welfare

  

  Today In Dublin Protesters Marched Against Cuts – Welfare Cuts Never Heal (Photo credit: infomatique)The UK government’s austerity agenda has attracted a good... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Lambeth Council Stir Up Scroungers

  

  Reblogged from Guy Fawkes' blog: When it comes to councils using taxpayers' money to fund party political interests, you would be hard pressed to find a worse... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Unique Life of the EBacc

  This morning we woke up to the surprise announcement that Michael Gove has retreated on his plans to replace the first round of secondary school exams in... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY