Sounds like an old parody of extreme-left hysteria doesn’t it? Think again. IDS’s latest attempt to pander to the lowest common denominator of the tabloid readership involves those out of work being forced to do four weeks “voluntary” work or to face having their job seekers allowance payments stopped. Consider the inequity of this – [...]
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Tories to bring back slavery
Posted by Chris Nash on November 8, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/tories-to-bring-back-slavery/
Work? What work?
IDS seems to be making a transition from quiet man to Tebbit-lite hard man. Telling the unemployed to get on the bus and look for work is all very good from a rhetoric point of view. It’ll likely appease the Daily Mail readers and other brainless Tories who see poverty and umemployment as mere luxurious lifestyle [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on October 22, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/work-what-work/
For the Workers
The Guardian, that bastion of trendy middle class metropolitan values, has surprised me by publishing an exceedingly good opinion piece on the need for greater working class representation within the parliamentary Labour party. The article is here, and pretty much speaks for itself. Worth noting thought that the author – James Mills – is part [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on June 14, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/for-the-workers/
Coal not Dole
Back at the University of Auckland for a week, and oooh, hasn’t it been exciting. O-week has passed (more on that later) and classes have resumed. This semester sees the appearance of an interesting module on mineral resources. Those who know me and my fondness for hydrocarbons are probably thinking “goodee”, or similar sentiments… Well, [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on March 6, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/coal-not-dole/
Lifting the bottom rung, or pulling up the ladder?
Fully aware of the dangers it presents, I’ve been thinking. One of the greatest achievements of our Labour government (in my personal and possibly wrong opinion) was the introduction of the national minimum wage. I was nine years old when it was first implemented and as such have never experienced an alternative system. To me, [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 13, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/lifting-the-bottom-rung-or-pulling-up-the-ladder/
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