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On numerous occasions – on this very site – I've written about how I became active online around the launch of Indymedia and the "blogosphere" after getting my first post-Commodore 64 computer connected to the internet just as the "millennium bug" conspir…

Armando Iannucci was behind the American television show Veep, but before that he was the creator of British programme The Thick of It, that satire of the British government and its professional political class featuring business gurus, spin doctors and s…

Last year, as the UK’s general election approached, I made some seemingly cynical predictions about the outcome and the establishment media’s narratives to come: “As the results become apparent, British establishment media coverage will offer us presenters

The UK general election is looming: it takes place on July 4th, to be exact.

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Most of us, it’s safe to say, are familiar with the usual cliches around relationships: “It’s not you, it’s me,” or “I can change them,” or even “it’s complicated” – the latter being a common status on Facebook back when I used to be an active user on the…

Our childhoods have a hell of a lot to answer for, don’t they?

"One of the theories is, that perhaps you could take it on the chin, take it all in one go and allow the disease, as it were, to move through the population." - Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, UK Prime Minister, March 5th, 2020 Weeks after the above s…

I started blogging pretty early on, back in the late 90s, getting a kick out of the internet’s ability to enable sharing of information with people around the world.

Apparently there are five common regrets of those dying: Not living a life true to yourself; working too much; not having courage to express yourself; not staying in touch with loved ones more; and not letting yourself be happier.

In a recent blog post, I looked at Sir Keir Starmer replacing Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, having been selected by proxy after coming second to the most popular choice – which was no-one.

Imagine the sport of association football being utilised to reflect the teamwork and collectivism of a community, where the team drives forward the club and its campaigns in that community, and where the actual football reflects an ethos of skill-sharing,…

For regular readers of mine, you’ll know a significant part of my transition from rebellious angry young man to pro-active protester came with 2003’s attack on Iraq and our unprecedented global movement in opposition to it.

From my column as Head Coach for women's football club AFC Unity at afcunity.org (now archived here) It’s pleasing to look back on the last entry to this column and see that our aims and hopes for this season are being realised – after a challenging start,

December 13th, 2019 In my last blog post, I touched on how capitalism has wreaked devastation across the world and lost credibility with people, suggesting that it resorts to authoritarianism to sustain itself (see, for example, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil,…