It isn’t broke and you can’t fix it

Recently the government has called for warning labels on wine as there are on cigarettes. That's right Cameron - we're really stupid. All this time we've been knocking back the hard stuff convinced it's got vitamins and life-giving magical wasp-semen in it. Thank god you're here to help us poor, retarded infants tie our shoes...

Abuse and asking why the papers can’t – please – JUST SHUT UP!

We live in a society riven by forms of abuse, abuses of power, financial abuses, war crimes and political deceit. In this climate sexual abuse is only an extreme example of the fundamental sickness in our society. We refuse to see ourselves as capable of harm, or culpable, yet we cause harm every day.

The War on Drugs PT2 – Evil Addicts and Bad Fixes

This is part two of a series in which I use the American drug war to examine wider socio-political conerns. You can read the intro here, part one here. Last time we looked at the first lie about drugs; that they are of themselves an enemy - a social evil. Now we can look at...

Hurt us – A Poem

Hurt us, but apologise That may be enough But if you hurt and then deny It buries a little worm Inside the mind That can blight A whole life Punish them if you must Lock them away from us But remember that while You may be satisfied Our little worms Cannot hear Apologies out here

Fixing Britain – A ‘one-fix’ solution to all our ills (he says modestly!)

I've now written five pieces on changing Britain for the better. Part One on Politics - 2 The Law 3 Education - 4 The War on Drugs 5 Employment Among the foolishness were some quite genuine points, especially around politics and education, which have meant me looking at what's happening on our island. What I...