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The biggest lie of the modern age is the American Dream(TM), also known as Thatcherism in the UK. The pitch is that anyone can make it if they work hard. Wealth comes to those who earn it, who do it for themselves. Actually, most people will never be rich. Most of us spend our entire [...]

Spotted this in interesting post over at [dis]connect. Here is my response: The “American Dream” (TM) is basically the biggest lie we have ever been sold. For us in the UK, it was Thatcher who promised it and Thatcher who ruined everything for us. Our society has literally disintegrated thanks to her “I’m all-right, screw [...]

I’ve been thinking about why Britain has so many social problems, and so little social cohesion. I think the root of it is that there isn’t really any such thing as “Britishness”. For many countries, the their modern identity has been defined by some revolutionary event. The French had their revolution that defined the principals [...]

I sent the following letter to my MP. If she agrees, I will post the response here. Her speeches are usually full of low-grade management speak bullshit and she has her head firmly up the party arse, but who knows – maybe she will surprise me. Dear Sarah McCarthy-Fry, I am writing to take issue [...]

As a follow up to my last entry, I want to write some more about the moral and social issues involved. Is it right that someone less able to do a job should be given one? Most employers will look quite negatively at a poor sickness record. Other people working at the same place seem [...]