Red Baron's Words

Strike N30

Published on 2011-12-13 12:35:41

We went on strike we did we went on strike for pensions we went on strike we public servants against the government’s intentions We’ll fight the bloody cuts we’ll fight the economic crisis we’ll fight the cuts in public services that mollify the rich list We’ve suffered silently we have we’ve suffered silently for years [...]

Highway to Hades (To the tune of Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven)

Published on 2011-12-06 18:22:30

There’s a chancellor who’s sure, all that glitters is gold, and he’s buying us a highway to Hades when we get there we’ll know, if the banks are all closed that they pulled up the ladder behind them ooh ooh buying us a highway to Hades there’s a sign in the forecasts but he wants [...]

Death Of A Good Man

Published on 2011-11-27 18:44:37

The death of any person at the age of 42 is something of a tragedy, when they leave families behind it is even more so.  It happens, and all too frequently figures in 2008 showed 5,377 deaths attributed to suicide, for men the figure is 17.7 per 100,000 population (it is 5.4/100k in women).  The [...]

Mediawatch – Power, Money And The Power Of Money

Published on 2011-10-19 19:53:16

In yet another example of the abdication of central responsibility big society the government has decided to get stuck in to the energy price debacle debate.  The regulator OFGEM has stated that due to the lack of transparency of the tariffs consumers are finding it near impossible to get the best deals.  There has been [...]

Mediawatch – Fox Hunting And Linguistic Revisionism

Published on 2011-10-10 14:19:31

It is almost heartening really to find that the Tories, in spite of protestations to the contrary, are still the same old sleazy lot as they have always been. Of course they have changed now in as much as their ability to handle the media has improved and they have managed this through what Orwell [...]

The Revolution Might Well Be Tweeted

Published on 2011-10-06 18:56:43

“Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, like many of you, appreciate the comforts of every day routine — the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition. I enjoy them as much as any bloke. But in the spirit of commemoration, whereby those important events of the past, usually [...]

To Be Or Not To Be

Published on 2011-10-06 07:52:35

For National Poetry Day and the work of The Philosophy Shop If what I think is what I know and is because I tell me so what if I am lying though I might have to ponder that a mo’ the things of which I cannot see are they of relevance to me if I [...]

Mediawatch – More Government Rubbish

Published on 2011-09-30 10:37:54

Well the Tories have done it, they’ve found some money to spend on public services, let “Call me Dave” be praised, and what worthy cause have they chosen to invest this unexpected windfall in.  Rubbish.  No that is not an indictment of their policy… let me rephrase that, no that is not merely an indictment [...]

Mediawatch – London Calling – (Why Aren’t You Angry?)

Published on 2011-09-29 17:00:51

Across the world pictures showed the unrest in London recently and with it the commentary from the news organisations.  Much has been made of the actions of the groups of youngsters and most of what people will have seen will have been portrayed in an entirely negative light.  Many may think this is quite correct [...]

Red Noses, Red Balances And Red Faces – Relief For Whom Exactly?

Published on 2011-09-27 17:00:12

It might seem strange when nearly October to cast an eye back to events of February  but the memory brings things into one’s head at strange moments and whilst watching one of the appeal adverts for aid needed in yet another disenfranchised part of the world I was reminded of Comic Relief.  When I watched [...]