@Rachael_Swindon

“ Oh no… she’s going on about Jeremy Corbyn again”.  Correct. During the last year I’m pretty sure I’ve only ever put together 3, maybe 4 blogs, where the main subject has been Jeremy Corbyn - and that’s out of 70+ blogs and articles for other publications. I mention the past year, simply because it has been a full year since Mr Corbyn was suspended from the Labour Party - on exceptionally spurious grounds - and the party whip was removed, as I’ve no doubt you are aware.  “ One antisemite is one too many, but the scale of the problem was also dramatically overstated for political reasons by our opponents inside and outside the party, as well as by much of the media.”   Jeremy Corbyn in response to the EHRC report into Labour antisemitism.  Of course, the facts entirely backed up Mr Corbyn’s response, and the fact that he is still suspended a year later, despite being the Labour Party leader between 2015 and 2019, is a perfect example of the factional direction Keir Starmer opted for in

And so (most of us) make it to another Sunday.  Britain is still in a state of permacrisis, whether that be the cost of living crisis, the energy crisis, the NHS crisis, the supply of goods crisis, the climate crisis, and Lord only knows how many other Tory-made crises that are barely worth a mention in the mainstream press. Second sentence in and I’m already blaspheming.  I have a feeling the following thousand-or-so words might not be very pretty, it might be sweary, it will undoubtedly be Year 6 standard grammar, at best, and if you’re easily offended by the truth, you may as well fuck off now and save us all the bovva.  Despite ‘Gazza from Barking’ insisting the killer virus has magically disappeared, or Sajid from Deutsche Bank insisting 200 deaths, every single day, is “mercifully low”, Covid is here , it is spreading, people are dying, and lives are being destroyed.  Again. While that utter fucking abomination Javid might be perfectly relaxed with the potential of clocking up 10

An interview with Chris Williamson .  Chris Williamson was the Member of Parliament for Derby North from 2010 until 2015, and from 2017 to 2019. He was Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government from October 2010 to October 2013 under Ed Miliband, and the Shadow Minister for Fire and Emergency Services from 2017–2018, under Jeremy Corbyn.  Prior to his time as an MP Chris was previously a local councillor in Derby, representing the Normanton ward from 1991 until 2011, serving twice as leader of Derby City Council.  Following his resignation from the Labour Party in 2019, Chris initiated The Resist Movement , with the stated aim of fighting for change and social justice for all.  The Festival of Resistance was held last weekend, in Nottingham, attracting a fantastic range of speakers from Alexei Sayle to Lowkey.    Some of the comments I have seen from attendees include “an inspirational event, due to the solidarity and clarity of the messages that were given” - another descr