Simon Pirani: eyewitness to the death of the WRP
I am very grateful to Simon Pirani who has sent me this piece on how the 1985 crisis inside of the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) led […]
Month: January 2013
Raising a glass to Parliamentary reform
One of the surest signs that our antiquated Parliament is lagging behind the rest of society is that drinking on the job is not just tolerated it […]
The SWP crisis: accounts and resources
* updates at end of post, generally most recent last * I hadn’t really intended to write anything on this. So I won’t. However, lots […]
The origins of the slate system
This post is the result of a collision of two very narrow interests of mine. The geekery of electoral systems and the Kremlinology of the […]
Five Oldies for a Sunday
Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang Nina Simone – Don’t smoke in bed Joan Baez – Diamonds and Rust Screamin Jay Hawkins – I put a […]