A good friend of mine pointed out that life is like a game of Monopoly. Very soon after you get into it you realise that someone’s got the upper hand, got all their hotels on Mayfair, and they’re totally set to win.
In 2011 the Occupy movement began to object to the rules of the particular game called capitalism, and started to set up tents all over the board… [...]
November 29, 2011
A good friend of mine pointed out that life is like a game of Monopoly. Very soon after you get into it you realise that someone’s got the upper hand, got all their hotels on Mayfair, and they’re totally set to win.
In 2011 the Occupy movement began to object to the rules of the particular game called capitalism, and started to set up tents all over the board… [...]
November 28, 2011
There has been a lot of fuss about the economy lately, you might have noticed. There’s fuss about how we are all in debt to each other to the tune of billions. For example, I’m in debt to the corner shop for about 2 trillion Euros, which is around 37p in old money. Our economy is in retreat. Soon we’ll all have to go back to eating spam and eggs… [...]
November 27, 2011
The Cathedral Archer Project was set up in 1990 to support homeless and vulnerable adults living in Sheffield. Based at Sheffield Cathedral on Church Street, project workers at the centre support and assist more than 60 clients each day.
The way the project serves the local community is hard to sum up in a media-friendly sound bite, because its services and facilities are wide ranging. Although homeless adults can… [...]
November 26, 2011
I never got the chance to meet my Grandad Harry on my Mum’s side of the family, which is a shame because while he managed to cause my Mum immeasurable amounts of stress and arguments when she was young, the stories I’ve heard about him give the impression that he was an absolutely fascinating guy.
Grandad Harry was, of course, a raging Marxist. The sort who wouldn’t have dinner… [...]
November 24, 2011
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” George Orwell, Animal Farm.
Like a lugubrious wild boar who slovenly abhors the logical practice of adapting to your immediate surroundings in order to survive, George Osborne shuns the lessons of the Great Depression which John Maynard Keynes, the greatest economist of the last century, wrote tirelessly about. He is making the same mistake of taking demand… [...]