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Imagine if we let the thick of neck, knuckle dragging, beer bellied, spotty, low IQ, shouty white blokes take over. Think about that. Think...

I'm angry, angry because a country I actually like living in is being destroyed by fascist tendencies. Fascism is ignorance. That's...

I like many people have become very alarmed by the way the fascist agenda has appeared to have come to the fore in recent months, and partic...

#compassion Friends lovers mothers fathers sisters brothers daughters sons grandparents cousins nieces nephews aunts uncles wives husband...

The raison d’être of the Tory party seems to be to make shed loads of money for themselves and their mates and beating the shit out of the ...

I’m always frustrated when people defend not voting or not taking an interest in the political system by claiming that all politicians are ...

I am convinced that the half sock or trainer sock is a significant obstacle to world peace. That and narrow minded oppressive violent i...

As you age it becomes very tempting to inhabit the past. I try not to. I try to be forward thinking. Progressive even. But that doesn’t mean...

For every £1 million that is paid to some fat-cat executive you could employ 40 people at £25,000, 50 people at £20,000 or 66.6 at £15,000. ...

No society can call itself civilised whilst it has poverty in its ranks. We in the UK are not a civilised society. Most of the population se...

The recent Dickens season on the BBC has caused me a certain amount of unease. I have a distinct dislike of period costume dramas, particula...

I work in the private sector. I don’t begrudge what public sector workers earn or the pension benefits that they receive. It shouldn’t be ab...

Yesterday the BBC reported that “ Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has claimed £535,000 of taxpayers' money over the last five y...

Listening to the radio at lunchtime one couldn’t not help but be moved by the accounts of so many unfortunate folk that have been injured, t...

Not just Twitter I might add, but social media in general. The likes of Twitter have enjoyed, of late, what might be described as some succe...

There are a couple of lines in Moving On by the Oysterband that go: “We asked the man for justice Well, he handed us a stone” Last week...

A while back on my RealAleBlog I referred to a beer brewed in honour of Thatcher, and called ‘Iron lady’, as a ‘fuck-awful name for a bee...

Whilst I abhor physical abuse, messing with people’s minds is equally abhorrent. ‘Brainwashing’ is evil, inexcusable and surely has no plac...

Muslim woman to be flogged in Malaysia over beer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia ‘ An Islamic court in Malaysia has sentenced a Muslim woman to be ...

You do wonder if the heart and soul has been ripped out of this country of ours when you hear about the likes of Ama Sumani’s plight . Rega...