It had been evident for some time when Jeremy Corbyn was still Labour leader that Sir Keir Starmer was the heir apparent and that if the 2019 General Election was lost — which it was — he would inherit the throne. And so it transpired.

Starmer had not wanted to leave Europe and was vocal within the Party about forcing a 2nd Referendum which I assume, he believed, would overturn the first result. But having a second vote to get the desired outcome that you wish for is not Democracy. …

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.”

― Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from the Birmingham Jail

Having watched the three-part series on BBC ‘A Killing in Tiger Bay’ (2021) I felt that I had to write about this as the levels of injustice that took place in 1988 at the hands of senior police officers in Wales and during both court cases must be further brought into the light as they are even for me…

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”
― George Orwell

Last week, on Saturday 12th September at the ACC convention centre in Liverpool the ‘AOC’s electromagnetic dominance’ event took place. Thousands of protestors had marched through Liverpool city centre in disgust at such an event being held. The protest had been organised by the Liverpool Against the Arms Fair (LAAF) and featured speeches by Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell, Maxine Peake and representatives from the Palastinian and Yemeni communities — for obvious reasons.

It was a peaceful protest…

It should be very clear to most people by now, living in 2021, that governments do not have the best interests of their own people at heart, nor, the interests of other ordinary people — just like us — who live in other countries.

They only have their interests at heart, which is to stay in power. To do this they must appeal and assuage their supporters whether that be the behemoth of neoliberal Capitalism or the endemic xenophobia of the political elite and large sections of the population. And I am talking about all three of the countries whose…

“For the world is Hell, and men are on the one hand the tormented souls and on the other the devils in it.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

‘The North Water’ begins with a quote — I have reproduced it above — from Arthur Schopenhauer. You do not need to know anything about Arthur to enjoy the TV show but perhaps, after, you might be a tad curious — as I was — to know more about his philosophy and its relevance, if any, to the events that unfold within the narrative. For you do not just quote a great philosopher —…

To call The Nightmare an iconic painting is one of the great understatements of all time. It is well-known that Sigmund Freud had a copy in his study in Vienna. That he should have this painting is highly significant being known by us as the man who tried to interpret and decode dreams — and nightmares — so as to reduce their supernatural iconography into rational human understanding and meaning. Freuds life imitating Fuseli’s art.

Henry Fuseli created this painting in the Age of Enlightenment as science — although limited — began to be applied within our everyday world. Yet…

“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

Last night on Channel 4 a documentary was aired that added more outrage upon the already existing pain and anger from the fire at Grenfell Tower on June 14th 2017 which claimed the lives of 73 people. This was the worst residential fire in Britain since the Second World War.

Grenfell: The Untold Story showed-never-seen-before camera footage of Constantine Gros who was the Tower’s Artist in Residence as the £10m refurbishment of Grenfell Tower…

‘‘The security environment confronting the United States today is radically different from what we have faced before. Yet the first duty of the United States Government remains what it always has been: to protect the American people and American interests. It is an enduring American principle that this duty obligates the government to anticipate and counter threats, using all elements of national power, before the threats can do grave damage. The greater the threat, the greater is the risk of inaction — and the more compelling the case for taking anticipatory action to defend ourselves, even if uncertainty remains as…