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The BBC and Smart Meters
The news that the Radio Teleswitch Service will be closing down has doomed a million households to switch from their Economy 7 electricity meters to controversial smart meters will cause consternation amongst many, that is if they even found out about this news at all. Bourgeois media has apparently opted to steer clear of this
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The Mountbatten Coup
The Myths Of British Democracy Vanish Very Quickly When The Ruling Class Feel Threatened By Workers Power British democracy is one of the great myths that every British worker is subjected to as propaganda from the ruling class as we grow up. The idea that Britain, unique amongst all nations, has an unbroken tradition of
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The Death of the FA Cup
The news that the FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, will be hidden behind a paywall for the first time in its history is yet another nail in the coffin of what was once the most revered football competition in the world. The tournament of Ricky Villa’s magical goal against Manchester City
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The Crisis at Boeing
The news that Boeing will not be bringing any commercial airliners to the Singapore Air Show on 24th and 25th February 2024 comes at a time where Boeing’s reputation, and the reputation of its 737 Max airliner, is at an all-time low. This was buttressed by the announcement on 22nd February that Ed Clark, the
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The Downfall of Marcus Rashford
Dr Marcus Rashford, MBE. A young man from Withington, Greater Manchester. A graduate of Carrington academy and the main striker for one of the world’s biggest clubs, Manchester United. A club not as successful in recent years, but still a giant in European football, a club that has a certain level of expectation. Marcus Rashford
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King Charles and the NHS
The news that King Charles III had been diagnosed with prostate cancer was met with a combination of sympathy and indifference by his subjects. Whilst on a human level most people who didn’t have a swinging brick for a heart would wish the King a full recovery, what would have raised the eyebrows of many
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United Utilities
United Utilities have recently announced that they are raising our bills by 6.4%. They are the only supplier of water to households in the North West of England so we have no choice but to use them. Business owners have a right to choose water suppliers but, like the rest of us, still have to
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Accept No Honours From Thieves
The Honours System Is A Corrupt Pay Off There has been discussion recently regarding Alan Bates (the Sub postmaster who campaigned against his and others’ wrongful convictions for embezzlement) an whether he should be given an MBE or similar honour. Or should he accept one? I say no, we should all say no. What he
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Terry Christian Is A C*nt
We Accept No Lectures From Faux Working Class Frauds Of all the burnt out relics of a previous age of television there are few as loathsome as Terry Christian. Mr Christian is from an age of television so long in the past that even those of us classified as ageing millennials struggle to remember him
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The Split in Darts
It is over thirty years since a young and fresh-faced John Part from Canada thrashed Bobby George 6-0 in the final of the 1994 World Darts Championship, organised by the sport’s governing body in this country, the British Darts Organisation. John, 28 years old at the time, overcame the huge crowd favourite George, who became
“ A class cannot exist in society without in some degree manifesting a consciousness of itself as a group with common problems, interests and prospects”
– Harry Braverman
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