Each witch hunt is a tribute act to the last. There is always a committee of three. The gravity in the room is such they struggle to manoeuvre the enormity of their serious faces in the door. Except in the TV version, there is hardly ever a microphone. Though they will usually give you […]
Listening Exercise after John McDonnell When you paint hatred on my garden wall and front door, I will read your words with great interest. When you try to burn my house down I will listen to what the flames are saying. Every lie you tell against me I’ll help you spread by earnestly, and in […]
Anatomy of a Bomb scare for Jacqueline Walker Tasks such as this are typically implemented on deniable mobile phones, ordered by a raised eyebrow or nod fourth or fifth floor of an unpainted, concrete building, about which no more can be said because, for reasons obvious to both The Guardian and the Daily Star […]
What I Told the Psychiatrist for Pete Willsman The cat pads downstairs and its claws take their hate out on me because he’s been up there re-reading his copy of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which, one of these days, I’ll find if it kills me, which I expect it will. […]
The poet Kevin Higgins has been suspended from the party for writing this satirical poem about the Blairs. We Are Delighted To Announce for Tony Greenstein The first execution of a man convicted of using inappropriate language – far too many exclamation marks and block capitals – to tell what we realise is ninety nine […]
Dear Brother and Sister, January 12 2018 Until very recently the political balance on Labour’s National Executive Committee meant that decisions concerning suspensions and referrals to the NCC appeared to be rubber stamped. Following today’s elections of a further 3 constituency members it is widely hoped and expected that there will now be a socialist […]
Poet Kevin Higgins has been suspended from the Labour Party for over 18 months, apparently for writing this satirical poem about the Blairs. For background to this case see here. What Did The Politician Get His Wife? after Bertolt Brecht And what did she get, the girlfriend, from the student union meeting at which he […]
