Tag: democracy
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Chairs are the best social media
(Thanks to Lynne, Sue and Felix for the photos) How do you carry a big bag of tricks (board markers and suchlike) and two plastic lawn chairs a mile through a crowded High Street to the seafront? Two belts, that’s how. Threaded through the backs of the chairs so you can swing them onto your…
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We need to talk… but dare we?
NB This is an old article, published today in honour of Diane Abbott. We have terrible issues of prejudice, fear and silence to deal with; issues around race, sex and class, and people’s apparently endless suspicions of each other’s nationality, accent, religion, financial position, political views… but there’s hardly any time to talk about those…
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The slings and arrows of outrageous social media
When you set up a forum or a social media group, the software sets out a series of steps for you which assume an authoritarian hierarchy. It assumes you are ‘the administrator’ – although you have the option of setting up further administrators. Then it asks you to specify the moderators (sort of electronic grand…
Kay Green
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Please check whether you are part of the problem
The government are robbing us blind, and you know it. While every single one of us watches our climate slipping to the no-return stage of climate crisis, we are each of us spending a large proportion of our energy fighting against the slipping away of our personal income and opportunities as bills go up. the…
Kay Green
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For the Membership, not a Few Toms and Iains
What exactly happened to the Labour Party in Brighton, in September 2017, and why do I feel as though Tom Watson was the end of something Nick Clegg started…